Does 'But the highest-level Defense Department officials relied on the NMCC's air threat conference, in which the FAA did not participate for the first 48 minutes.' logically set the stage for the hypothesis 'Defense Department officials relied on the NMCC's air threat conference which didn't include the FAA intially, so crucial information was left out.'
But the highest-level Defense Department officials relied on the NMCC's air threat conference, in which the FAA did not participate for the first 48 minutes.###Defense Department officials relied on the NMCC's air threat conference which didn't include the FAA intially, so crucial information was left out.