Biden to Release 9/11 Testimony Revealing Bush Told Cheney He Could Shoot Down Planes

The Biden administration is reportedly preparing to release a record of the joint interview former president George W Bush and former vice president Dick Cheney granted to the blue-ribbon commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon.

According to The Wall Street Journal, a source familiar with the contents of the document said the April 2004 Oval Office interview touched on matters such as Mr Bush’s decision to authorise Mr Cheney to order US forces to down civilian airliners if necessary.

The former president, who was initially in Florida during the attacks before taking to the skies aboard Air Force One, is reportedly described in the document as telling Mr Cheney: “Yes, engage the enemy — you have the authority to shoot down an airplane” while the then-vice president was holed up in the Presidential Emergency Operations Centre, the Second World War-era bunker located beneath the East Wing of the White House.

Mr Cheney also reportedly advised Mr Bush not to immediately return to Washington when the two of them spoke.

“The president agreed, reluctantly,” the document says, according to the Jounal. “The president asked the vice president to take necessary steps and stay in close touch”. (Read more from “Biden to Release 9/11 Testimony Revealing Bush Told Cheney He Could Shoot Down Planes” HERE)

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