This is a direct quote from the 9/11 Commission Report, page 26:

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Military Notification and Response. NORAD heard nothing about the search for American 77.

Instead, the NEADS air defenders heard renewed reports about a plane that no longer existed:American 11.

At 9:21, NEADS received a report from the FAA:

FAA: Military, Boston Center. I just had a report that American 11 is still in the air, and it’s on its way towards—heading towards Washington.

NEADS: Okay. American 11 is still in the air?

FAA:Yes.

NEADS: On its way towards Washington?

FAA: That was another—it was evidently another aircraft that hit the tower.That’s the latest report we have.

NEADS: Okay.

FAA: I’m going to try to confirm an ID for you, but I would assume he’s somewhere over, uh, either New Jersey or somewhere further south.

NEADS: Okay. So American 11 isn’t the hijack at all then, right?

FAA: No, he is a hijack.

NEADS: He—American 11 is a hijack?

FAA: Yes.

NEADS: And he’s heading into Washington?

FAA: Yes. This could be a third aircraft.

The mention of a “third aircraft”was not a reference to American 77.

So why has the FAA's role in gutting the Pentagon defense been covered up?

Somebody at the FAA called NEADS to report that Flight 11 did NOT hit WTC1, and was heading towards Washington, which caused the fighters to be scrambled away from two hijacked airplanes bearing down on the capital.

And yet the 9/11 Commission never identified the person who gave this misinformation to NEADS, or how the FAA wrongly decided that Flight 11 did not hit WTC1 and was heading towards Washington D.C.

Why is the FAA's role in leaving the Pentagon vulnerable to attack being covered up?

How was it that the Secret Service could be in direct contact with the pilots? And how would they know it was from the Secret Service?

Also, is it accurate to say that NEADS was relying 100% on the FAA reports re the radar returns of the flight locations? I.e., why didn't NEADS have their own radar to track the planes?