Pentagon inaccuracies on 9/11 air defense probed

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon said its inspector general is investigating whether officials provided "knowingly false" information to a special commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 attacks.

A secret inspector general's report in May 2005 concluded that Defense Department officials provided inaccurate information about the air defense response to the attacks, but did not say whether it was "knowingly false," said Lieutenant Colonel Brian Maka.

The inspector general "will be issuing a report in the near future that will directly address the question of whether the testimony was knowingly false," he said.

Vanity Fair, meanwhile, published a detailed account of the air defense response drawn from audiotapes made in the northeastern command...