The 9/11 Stand Down in 2 Minutes
http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2008/03/norad-stand-down-in-2-minutes.html

27 Mar 2008 NORAD, responsible for intercepting errant
aircraft over the U.S., has a standard operating procedure
for scrambling planes for interception which takes less than
15 minutes.
http://patriotsquestion911.com/#Hordon

They did this successfully (on time) 129 times in 2000
http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/planes/analysis/norad/calgaryherald101301_scrables.html

and 67 times between September 2000 and June 2001.
http://web.archive.org/web/20030623140139/http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/homefront020813.html

Yet, on September 11th, they failed to do their job 4 times
in a single day.
http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2008/03/norad-stand-down-in-2-minutes.html
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