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Safeguard democracy: Independent, bipartisan commission is needed after Jan. 6 attack Al Allenback View Comments If you were five years old or older on September 11, 2001, then you probably remember where you were that fateful day when our nation was attacked by terrorists. I was still on active duty that morning when an airman stuck his head in the office door breathlessly saying, “Sir, you’ve got to see this. It’s impossible but it’s real, sir!”  He and I hustled to the Civil Air Patrol’s National Operations Center a floor above, in our building at Maxwell AFB. As the big screen came into view, looking around the cluster of military and civilians in front of it, I saw CNN’s replay of the American airliner crashing into the first World Trade Center tower, a splash of flame and death scything through the building.  Being a pilot, my first thought was, “what a terrible accident. How could this happen?” But just moments later, the second tower was hit by anoth

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