21 years, 7 months ago

Intelligence inaction

A bipartisan panel of the U.S. Congress confirms that faults in the internal security system, as much as the persistence of anti-U.S. sentiment abroad, contributed to the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Now, a bipartisan panel of the U.S. Congress has confirmed that faults in the internal security system contributed as much to the tragic events of 9/11 as did the persistence of anti-U.S. sentiment abroad. However, the panel found that the intelligence agencies had information from 1994 onwards that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network was planning attacks on U.S. targets within the country and outside. However, the panel found that the two intelligence agencies had not even done as well as they could have with the information that was in their possession.

The Hindu

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