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Ursprungligen postat av
SnakePlisssken
Ordern från 1997 sa alltså att Secretary of Defense skulle godkänna alla militära hjälpinsatser vid flygkapningar, men den ändrade ordern från 2001 tillät undantag vid akuta situationer.
Då låter det ju snarare som om Rumsfelds ändrade order gav mer frihet till underordnade att bestämma själva?
Tja, jag har ju redan givit dig länken och har väl inte mycket mer än så att tillägga, kan ju klistra in ett stycke också.
"b. Support. When notified that military assistance is needed in conjunction with an aircraft piracy (hijacking) emergency, the DDO, NMCC, will:
(1) Determine whether or not the assistance needed is reasonably available from police or commercial sources. If not, the DDO, NMCC, will notify the appropriate unified command or NORAD to determine if suitable assets are available and will forward the request to the Secretary of Defense
for approval in accordance with DODD 3025.15, paragraph D.7 (reference d)."
"APPROVAL"
The usage of the word "approval" is the major change here to the existing hijacking response procedures. While the text of the document tries to link this "approval" to the previous orders "DODD 3025.15,"
the approval is now required BEFORE providing any assistance at all. Previously, approval would be required to respond to a situation with lethal force.
This June 1st update to the orders stopped all military assistance in its tracks UNTIL approval from Donald Rumsfeld (the "Secretary of Defense") could be granted -- which, by his own admission, it was not. Rumsfeld claimed total ignorance of the inbound aircraft that attacked the Pentagon (on the opposite side of the building complex, where a construction project had been underway) .*
In this manner, fighter planes were held up from immediately responding to the hijacked commercial jets on September the 11th.
Jag vet inte vilka felaktigheter du menar att stycket innehåller eller om jag tolkat detta fel, men så vitt jag kan förstå gjordes en ändring i juni 2001 som innebar att, till skillnad från tidigare, åtgärder måste godkännas av Rumsfeld.