What should have been done in response to the briefing that Bin Laden planned to attack the US?

[Lee-Lee]

85. No

You can't just run down to the temp agency and hire some Air Marshalls. 2 weeks isn't even enough time to say you need peoe, get applications and make hiring selections for a force that size- much less train and equip them. You don't just buy tens of thousands of handguns in 2 weeks either.

And none of that even accounts for the background checks that for a job like that can take 2-6 months when things are not backed up. Rush a program like that and you will create a 1-2 year delay overwhelming the system.

The military? In 2 weeks you may have the selected ones trained on the laws- but not trained to shoot on a plane. Heck, most servicemembers never use pistols and the military training is nowhere near what's needed for that job. Even if you could eliminate all logistical obstacles and by some miracle had 100% availability on weapons, personnel, ranges, ammo, training aids and had a training program fully developed with a full hired and in place training cadre yor still looking at a minimum of 8-10 weeks to graduate your first trained personnel.

Securing cabin doors- could you engineer and make and install the new stronger doors in 2 weeks?