they do not respond to our directions. i ll pass that to weapons. the region demander has declared that we can shoot down aircraft that do not respond to our direction. if you re trying to divert somebody. doj is saying no. you have a conflict on that direction? right now, no. you read that from the vice president, right? vice president has cleared us to intercept traffic and shoot them down if they do not respond. we re all familiar with the constitution which gives the president executive authority as commander in chief and he designates that through the secretary of defense. that chain in command was in effect. looks like there was a little conflict in that air conversation in that transmission about the line of authority there. is that how you read it what was going in terms of the right of the vice president under the constitution to act in that regard? sure. the minute i gave the vice
okay. hey. you read that from the vice president? vice president has cleared us to intercept tracks of interest and shoot them down if they do not respond per conr cc. giving the president executive authority as commander in chief, through the secretary of defense, both chain of command wasn t effective. how did the vice president looks like there was a little conflict in that air conversation, in that transmission about the line of authority there. is that how you read it? what was going on in terms of the right of the vice president under the constitution to act in that regard? the minute i gave the vice president information and he ordered right over to the national military command center, a general officer in the bunker at the pentagon, he said i want two f-15s from the air national guard base. stand by to shoot that aircraft down. no discussion. he seemed to have full control.
so if you re trying to divert you have a conflict on that? you got a conflict on that direction? right now, no, but okay. hey. you read that from the vice president? vice president has cleared us to intercept tracks of interest and shoot them down if they do not respond per conr cc. giving the president executive authority as commander in chief, through the secretary of defense, both chain of command wasn t effective. how did the vice president looks like there was a little conflict in that air conversation, in that transmission about the line of authority there. is that how you read it? what was going on in terms of the right of the vice president under the constitution to act in that regard? the minute i gave the vice president information and he ordered right over to the national military command center, a general officer in the bunker at the pentagon, he said i want two f-15s from the air national guard base.
okay. hey. you read that from the vice president? vice president has cleared us to intercept tracks of interest and shoot them down if they do not respond per conr cc. giving the president executive authority as commander in chief, through the secretary of defense, both chain of command wasn t effective. how did the vice president looks like there was a little conflict in that air conversation, in that transmission about the line of authority there. is that how you read it? what was going on in terms of the right of the vice president under the constitution to act in that regard? the meant i gave the vice president information and he ordered right over to the national military command center, a general officer in the bunker at the pentagon, he said i want two f-15s from the air national guard base. stand by to shoot that aircraft down. no discussion. he seemed to have full control. he seemed to have the authority. he was in full combat mode at that point. how does