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FACTUAL ISSUES Flight 11 (1) FAA/NORAD: What is the source of the resurrection of Flight 11? (2) FAA: What information did Washington (the WOC) have and at what time about the hijacking of 11? Did the controllers pass along "we have some planes" to DC? (3) FAA/NORAD: Who within FAA was on the phone to NEADS? Where were they getting their information re 11's position? Why couldn't NEADS find 11 on their scopes? Flight 175 (1) FAA: Did the NY ARTCC, AEA, ANE, or anyone else in the FAA notify NORAD and/or the NMCC regarding the hijacking of Flight 175? (2) FAA: Did the FAA ever "declare" 175 a hijacking? Why was such scant attention paid to this aircraft? (3) NORAD: Various accounts of when FAA "notified" NORAD of 175 hijack: (1) Timeline 0843; (2) Hearing Testimony -- no notification (verify with transcript); (3) Scott presentation (Bates NCT0025894) - 0905. Which is it? Flight 77 (1) FAA: Did anyone at Indy/AGL or elsewhere in the FAA notify NORAD about the hijacking of Flight 77? (2) FAA: Why did 77 "disappear" from radar? Is there radar coverage in this area? How often does this happen? (3) When did 77 "reappear" on radar and whose scopes would it have appeared on? (3) FAA: What was the situational awareness of lndy\AGL re the earlier hijackings (11 & 175) and WTC hits? (4) FAA: What did the Dulles/National controllers know (if anything) about 77 being lost? Did any controller "know" that the target they were seeing - either on the scope of hitting the Pentagon - was 77?

Flight 93 (1) FAA: What was the situational awareness of Cleveland\AGL re the earlier hijackings and hits? (2) NORAD: Would the military have been in a position to shoot down 93 had it continued on to DC? (a) FAA: What was the closest aircraft to 93 around the time it went down? Were the Cleveland controllers aware of any military aircraft nearby? General Issues (1) Tutorial on scopes - what a primary target looks like; what buttons have to be pushed to pull up primary targets (1) Nail the story - both from the WH side and the military side - of the shoot down order. (2) What is the source of the WH phantom aircrafts? (List from USSS timeline) (3) Nail every communication between an FAA official and NORAD (4) ROE: Answer (1) what the pilots believed were the rules of engagement they were operating under, and (2) what in fact, from a paper perspective, the rules of engagement were (5) Liaison Officers: On 9/11, who were the FAA liaison officers at NORAD and visa versa? What did they do? SPECIFIC QUESTIONS In the chaos of that day (9/11), what did you think worked well? What did you think didn't work as well? How would you describe FAA's preparedness today for another hijacking incident? What are the outstanding weaknesses? If you were a member of the 9/11 Commission, looking at the aviation issues, what recommendation(s) would you have to make the system safer? Are you aware of any after-action reports or assessments that were done about the events of the day?

POLICY/COMPOSITE QUESTIONS (1) General: On 9/11, how did Joe Controller/Supervisor/Administrator view his job? What were his responsibilities? How have those responsibilities changes since 9/11? (2) Training: What type of exercises - either FAA, FEMA, DoD, or some combination thereof- related to hijackings did Joe Controller/Supervisor/Administrator participate in? Has he heard of or is he aware that people within FAA were aware of the suicide hijacking scenario? (3) Hijacking Detection: ADD (4) Hijacking Response/Training: In terms of a hijacking, on 9/11 what did Joe Controller/Supervisor/Administrator understand he was to do? What were the manuals/documents these individuals would have turned to for guidance? What is his understanding now of the procedures to follow? (5) Hijacking Response - NORAD: Is Joe Controller/Supervisor/Administrator familiar with NORAD? Was he on 9/11 ? On 9/11, what was his understanding of the role NORAD was to play in a hijacking? How does Joe Controller/Supervisor/Administrator now view the FAA's relationship with NORAD?