White house Quote by Garrett M. Graff

Initially, I had two thoughts. First, this is a very large conspiracy; and second, our children in Washington. We knew there were a few…

— Mercer Reynolds

“Had United Flight 93 taken off on schedule, instead of forty-one minutes late, and the passengers hadn’t had time to learn of the other…

— Garrett M. Graff

“9:12 P.M.—GROUND ZERO, WASHINGTON, D.C. Without warning, the capital of the United States was obliterated. At precisely 9:12 p.m. Eastern, in a millisecond of…

— Joel C. Rosenberg

I did feel like they were telling me that something like that was going to happen. Not specifically - not that planes were going…

— Jon Ronson

“September 11, 2001, and the subsequent anthrax attack on the U.S. Congress restarted a focus on COG and COOP planning that continues to this…

— Garrett M. Graff

“In many ways, after many decades, many billions of dollars, and countless advances in technology, the federal government’s basic plan to escape a catastrophe…

— Garrett M. Graff

“After initial annoyance about the surprise drills, the Pentagon quickly saw value in the president’s interest. “It is the first time in years that…

— Garrett M. Graff

The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe…

— Ted Olson

“Every building was just gone, and every soul as well. Across the Potomac River, the Pentagon shuddered violently from the blast wave and then…

— Joel C. Rosenberg

It's hard for me to believe that it [World Trade Center Building 7] came down by itself... Twenty years from now, people will look…

— Andrew Napolitano

“Our 182-passenger Boeing Classic this morning is under the able command of Captain Hiram Slatt, discharged from service in the United States Air Force…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“The surprise pointed up a continuing of American Intelligence. The various intelligence agencies poured a vast amount of information into Washington; they knew the…

— T.R. Fehrenbach