"where were the fighters?"
On the ground.
AstraMike:
Are Tim Clark's comments/concerns posted somewhere that you can link to?
Per your point on his background, a read well worth the time.
That last point you raised
"I need to know how anybody could interdict our systems,” as well as “this aircraft was disabled in three primary systems. To be able to disable those requires a knowledge of the system which even our pilots don’t know how to do. Somebody got on board and knew exactly what they were up to.”
strikes me as a "nail hit on the head" observation.