this info has already been out for a while

I find it interesting that the general "excuse" offered is that nobody could have conceived of the notion of suicide pilots crashing airliners into public buildings.

Tom Clancy wrote a book, released in paperback in 1997, in hardback before that I think, called "Executive Orders". Here is a snippet of Amazon's review:

Tom Clancy goes to the White House in this thriller of political terror and global disaster. The American political situation takes a disturbing turn as the President, Congress, and Supreme Court are obliterated when a Japanese terrorist lands a 747 on the Capitol.

"Inconceivable!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it does..."

tanstaafl.