"Cheney was asked if the order still stands, and he said it did. He was asked more than once. If it had been a shoot-down order, he would not have been asked more than once."

What???????????????? Are you an expert on protocol? Were you in the room? Was that said in the testimony?   I bet the answer to the last three questions is "no".

" The aide asked more than once because the order was unusual. Of course it was. An order to let a hijacked plane reach its target violated half a century of NORAD protocol. That's the opinion..."

Bingo!!!   That's the OPINION. Whether it is your opinion, an opinion of a a so-called "expert", or Mineta - it is simply AN OPINION.

Again, you are using screwed up logic to try to turn opinion into fact.