NORAD has removed web link that says, "Since the tragic events of 9/11, NORAD’s role – which previously was outward-looking – now includes monitoring airspace within North America." The old link was at: http://www.norad.mil/50/nutshell.html. However, web archive has the NORAD article at: http://web.archive.org/web/20080103124933/http://www.norad.mil/50/nutshell.html

Why does this matter? Because before September 11, 2001, NORAD said the following about its monitoring capabilities: "Before 9/11 NORAD said, "The Air Operations Center (AOC) (also known as the Air Defense Operations Center – ADOC) maintains constant surveillance of North American airspace to prevent overflight by hostile aircraft. It tracks over 2.5 million aircraft annually [http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usspc-fs/cmoctrivia.htm]."

Looks like DNotice.org has hit a nerve with NORAD!

See the five articles on NORAD at www.DNotice.org for more on NORAD's monitoring capabilities on 9/11.

Dean Jackson/Editor-in-Chief DNotice.org
Washington, DC