This has been around for a while, but I thought it worth posting in the weeks leading up to the release of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Take Back the Media put together a flash presentation dramatizing the timeline on September 11.

I'm surprised that more people don't realize that President Bush was aware of the first plane hitting the WTC while he was in route to Booker Elementary School for a photo-op. He proceeds to the school, and is informed minutes later by his chief of staff Andrew Card that another plane has hit the WTC south tower. The president goes on to read the book "My Pet Goat" to the children for several minutes (20 according to TBTM).

Where was NORAD? Why isn't the president hustled out of the room to immediately talk with his national security team about the possibility of more hijackings, and what to do about them?

It's an alarming thing to watch (be warned that the intro's a little extensive), and it'll be interesting to see Moore's take on these events in a few weeks. Meanwhile, perhaps tomorrow's final hearing of the 9/11 commission will shed some light on at least some of the questions raised here.