U.S. Govt Planned Fake Hijacking Post-9/11, Says New Book

A new book outlines military plans to stage an aircraft hijacking as part of a plot to deter violence on aircraft.

According to a recently published book, the staged hijacking of a commercial aircraft was one of many potential plans military leaders allegedly created to deter future violence in the American skies. The plot is one of many outlined by military journalist Sean Naylor in his new book, titled Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command.

In an excerpt of the book, Naylor claims that one plot brainstormed after the 9/11 attacks included staging the attempted hijacking of a commercial aircraft. From an interview, an anonymous source claims Special Forces would have worked alongside the FBI and an American airline to allegedly carry out a fake aircraft hijacking using actors. In turn, Special Forces would take down the actors, with extensive media coverage expected from the event.

According to Naylor’s source, the ultimate goal was to “leak out that there are [Delta Force] operators on board almost every flight and then do a fake takedown.”

The source continued that the expected outcome was to “make [Al-Qaeda] think twice and begin to think, “Hey, they’re on to us, there’s special mission unit guys on every airplane.””

The book focuses on an abridged history of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command and their activities around the world. In the foreword, Naylor commented that his book was intended to be a narrative on the Special Forces in a post 9/11 world, but realized “an extensive discussion of the first two decade’s command existence would be necessary in order to provide readers with the context necessary to frame the events that would occur later.”

In an interview with The Hill, Naylor claims he gave military commanders an opportunity to review his content, but they declined. Officials from the U.S. Special Operations Command declined comment on Naylor’s work.

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