Rumsfeld's 7 Minute Gap

"When Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was told on the morning of September 11 that a second plane had hit the World Trade Center, he paused, than continued his morning briefing, according to the 9/11 Commission."

"It wasn't until a third plane slammed into the Pentagon that Rumsfeld jumped into action.  A few hours later, he wondered aloud to his staff whether the attack would allow the United States to strike at Saddam Hussein, not just Osama bin Laden."

The rest of the article exposes how our 'leaders' immediately began focusing on the wrong threat.  Why?  Because they had their eyes on a different prize -- China, Russia and outer space.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/09/05/INGQ58FN831.DTL