Just listened to Sandy Rios's 9/11 20th anniversary episode with Frank Gaffney and Barbara Ledeen, and all three of them had insane 9/11 anecdotes. afr.net/podcasts/sandy…
Sandy Rios—a right-wing Christian zealot—was in North Korea(!) when the attacks happened. She'd snuck across the border from Northern Manchuria to gawk at the "robotic" Korean schoolchildren, only learning that 9/11 happened from a restaurant owner after crossing back to China.
Frank Gaffney witnessed the the Pentagon attack from his car. He shared an office with Grover Norquist, who brought in a group of "Islamic" men, who held a lively argument about whether or not to condemn the Pentagon attack while Gaffney eavesdropped through the ceiling tiles.
Finally, Ledeen was at the Hart Senate Bldg and refused to leave until US marshals forced her out. When she got home, Robert Bork's wife called to tell her Barbara Olson died. Ledeen went to a gathering at Olson's house where Ken Starr was in attendance.
Ledeen also says a week after 9/11, her son came to her and told her he was joining the Marines infantry. She (bizarrely) told him it wasn't a job for Jews, to which he responded, "We don't go on trains anymore, we have to shoot them first. I need to know how to do that."
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