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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
My main point is that getting briefed immediately would not have necessarily entailed panicing the kids or himself.
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wouldn't it make more sense for the people who brief the president to get briefed. it isn't like there was a telex that just starts spitting out info explaining the details of an event for someone to read to the president.
someone has to pull together the known facts, assemble them in a logical way and then report it to the individuals who brief the president. at that point in time the president and his advisors would probably sit down for an effective briefing.
the alternative is that the moment the plane hit the 2nd tower his aides could have pulled him out and sat him down while he watched them talk on the phone to those with the info. he could then have watched them hang up the phones, discuss the issue among themselves, only hearing snippets of the conversation - and possibly forming an inaccurate or tainted view of the situation based on small tidbits of info.
this briefing prep shouldn't take hours, but 7 minutes seems pretty reasonable.