Tucker Carlson: “Between 1999 and 2001, NORAD simulated a foreign hijacked…”

“And then In July of 2001 the FAA issued another circular, this one noting that, quote, currently active terror groups were known to plan and train for hijackings and were able to build and conceal explosives and luggage. Between 1999 and 2001, NORAD simulated a foreign hijacked airliner crashing into a building in the United States as part of a training exercise. And they were not alone. The National Reconnaissance Office, a little known intelligence agency that runs our spy satellites and remote controlled surveillance planes, was planning an exercise in which an errant aircraft would crash into one of its buildings.” (01:50–02:02)

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