Reply #74: "hiding out until they were completely sure of their story" [View All]

[petgoat]

That makes sense. Mineta saw Cheney discussing a shoot-down order on 77 before it
could have been authorized. And then 93 maybe was shot down, presumably on Cheney's
orders. And how do they explain the fact that the jets scrambled to protect DC went
out to sea?

But there's another explanation for Bush's behavior. Maybe what Card whispered in his
ear was not "the nation was under attack" but "77 and 93 are delayed. Stall half an hour."

So for half an hour Bush was in the hot seat, wondering if he was being double crossed, and
if he was going to take the fall. So after the press conference, he's paranoid, he decides
he's going to call the shots, he won't trust anybody, and the plane goes where he wants.
So he heads for Crawford. Then realizes that's exactly where "they" would expect him to go.
So he decides to go somewhere else. Somewhere with a lot of people around.

Another possibility in all this is that just as bin Laden's brother may have been a hostage
at the Carlyle Group meeting, W may have been a hostage in the school room. If you look at
aerial photos of Sarasota, you see that the location of that school is very clear from the
air. It's lined up with the runways five miles away and it's VERY easy to pick out.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=sarasota+booker...

The school is on the next major thoroughfare from the airport, near RR tracks, marked by parks.
You can't miss it. Besides, somebody could have placed a radio beacon.

Being a hostage could explain Bush's stasis.