Reply #12: You know what strikes me when I read this interview? [View All]

[merh]

They knew they were safe inside the White House, they KNEW they were safe and didn't want to leave their comfy bed. The Secret Service didn't know they were safe, the Secret Service agents were trying to protect them but they didn't want the protection, they didn't need it, THEY KNEW they were safe.

On September 11, 2001, I was assisting my boss in a criminal trial in federal court. I watched the coverage of the first crash while getting ready to meet my boss at the federal courthouse. As soon as they showed the coverage, I called my boss to tell him what was happening (I knew he was enroute to the courthouse.) I told him we were under attack and asked him what I was to do. He said to meet him at the courthouse. I watched what coverage I could before I had to leave and when I got there, the US Marshals that monitor the doors were on edge and more focused than they had been the day before. I chatted with them a bit about what was happening and then I went upstairs. We were selecting a jury and the morning was spent in voir dire. During breaks the prospective jurors would go outside to smoke or get a coke or chat on their phones with family and friends. They were getting calls from their family members, worried about them at a federal courthouse insisting that they leave. The marshals came in to tell us about the Pentagon being hit and that Ashcroft had ordered the federal buildings closed and that the other judges were leaving the building. But our judge was not concerned, not in the least, it was as if he knew we were in no danger. He was very calm and unconcerned and he insisted we continue and we proceeded with trial. The courthouse was locked down except for our courtroom. At lunch we learned that the towers had collapsed. We continued until after 5:00 that day and when I got home, I watched the replays and realized all that had happened while we were locked in that federal building, defending our client and protecting his rights.

It was not until a couple of years later that it hit me, our judge was a hunting buddy with Scalia and Cheney. He knew.

I wear my tinfoil hat and I do believe LIHOP, I believe it because on that day, when all of the federal buildings across the country were closed by order of Ashcroft, the courtroom I was working in, the federal building I was at, remained open, the judge KNEW we were safe.