Some members of the 9/11 Commission suspected that military officials knowingly had made false statements to Congress and the commission about the Pentagon’s response to the 9/11 terrorists attacks, according to the Washington Post. This claim and publication of excerpts of NORAD audiotapes in the current Vanity Fair magazine has caught widespread media attention. The Post reported that commission members had contemplated appealing to the Justice Department, but instead decided to leave the matter to the inspectors general of DOD and the Transportation Department, since the matter involved the FAA, as well. An IG report sent to Congress in 2005 faulted Pentagon recordkeeping for some errors in official testimony. According to the Post, release of a DOD IG report on the matter is imminent. Much of the recent media hype has focused on Vanity Fair’s “new” release of the tapes, however Air Force Magazine in October 2004 reported on the miscommunications between NORAD and the FAA, offering excerpts of the tapes provided by the 9/11 commission, and noted the “inaccuracies in the public record.”
Airman Charged in M18 Shooting Death Found Dead
Oct. 27, 2025
The Airman arrested in connection with the M18 pistol discharge that killed a fellow member of Air Force security forces on July 20 in Wyoming was found dead earlier this month, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed.
