There was a lot of talk from politicians at the 9/11 Commission Hearings that no one could have forseen hijackers flying planes into buildings. But an Associated Press report found that was exactly what a Nixon-era anti-terrorism commission warned politicians about more than 30 years ago.
President Nixon put together the Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism in the wake of the 1972 Olympic terrorist attack. It only met once, but spent five years working on potential terrorist threats.
In language that evokes deja vu, the panel warned that airlines wouldn't go along with increased security costs, that terrorists might build a radioactive "dirty bomb," and discussed ways to protect commercial planes from anti-aircraft missile attacks. (AP)
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