Newly-released records show CIA in-house feud over inability to prevent 9/11 attacks

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Newly-released records show CIA in-house feud over inability to prevent 9/11 attacks
Reuters
12 Jun 2015 at 19:09 ET

Top CIA officials fought bitterly in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks over whether U.S. intelligence agencies could have done more to stop the deadliest terrorist strikes in American history, documents released on Friday show.

The once-secret documents include a more complete version of a 2005 report by the spy agency’s inspector general, which found that the CIA did not have a comprehensive strategy or marshal adequate resources to combat al Qaeda before hijacked planes hit New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11.

A redacted summary of that report was first made public in 2007.

But the documents released by the CIA on Friday also reflect the arguments of former CIA Director George Tenet and his lieutenants that U.S. intelligence was intently focused on al Qaeda and leader Osama bin Laden.

Read on: http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/declassified-documents-related-911-attacks