Incompetence Joins Chaos in Contributing to 911 Deaths

From the tapes heard on the final day of hearings before the 911 commission, we heard not just the chaos and terror that day, but of a government system that simply did not work. And yet, as several people have pointed out, not one single person - not the president or VP, not the secretary of defense or the NSA director and no one lower down the ladder rungs - has received even a slap on the hand.

Imagine what it's like for the families to hear. For example, when someone in air control is trying to get someone at the FAA to make a decision about whether these abducted planes need to be shot down, the FAA person hesitates and then reports that everyone has simply left the room. Or that scrambled fighter jets were sent in the WRONG DIRECTION.