Sept. 11 Panel Votes to Subpoena FAA

Sept. 11 Panel Votes to Subpoena FAA


By LAURENCE ARNOLD
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -

The independent commission studying the Sept. 11 attacks has voted to subpoena the Federal Aviation Administration, ordering the agency to hand over documents for the investigation.

The 10-member commission said it had learned through interviews that the agency had not turned over tapes, statements, reports and other documents "highly material to our inquiry."

One commission member said the documents relate in part to lingering questions over how, and how quickly, the FAA notified U.S. air defenses about hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001.

The FAA, which earlier told the panel it had provided everything, turned over additional material in the last few days and pledged to cooperate. But the commission said the delay "has significantly impeded the progress of our investigation and undermined our confidence in the completeness of the FAA's production."

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... I was beginning to wonder if they'd ever stand up on their hind legs and issue a subpoena. Good.