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As this exchange shows, Secretary Rumsfeld was not in the NMCC when the shootdown order was first conveyed.
At that point in time, the Langley pilots did not know the threat they were facing, did not know where United 93 was located, and did not have shootdown authorization.
No one can recall the content of this conversation, but it was a brief call in which the subject of shootdown authority was not discussed.
The President emphasized to us that he had authorized the shootdown of hijacked aircraft.
Fleischer's 10:20 note is the first mention of shootdown authority.