Tucker Carlson: “The National Reconnaissance Office was planning an exercise…”

“Between 1999 and 2001, NORAD, which defends North American airspace, 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 was planning an exercise in which an errant aircraft would crash into one of its buildings. That Exercise was on 9-11-2001. was on 9-11-2001 and planned to take place just a couple of miles from Dulles Airport. That's where the American airlines flight number 77 had taken off before it crashed into the Pentagon.” (02:02–02:20)

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