9/11 Failures Still Threaten, Report Says

Beetwasher

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Thu Jul-24-03 02:59 PM
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9/11 Failures Still Threaten, Report Says

‘Unacceptable’ risk remains, says document that slams
CIA, FBI, NSA officials

WASHINGTON, July 24 — Massive intelligence failures that helped lead to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks persist today, a congressional investigation has concluded, calling the intelligence gap an “unacceptable” risk to U.S. security.

THE CIA FAILED to act on intelligence it had about hijackers, the FBI was unable to track al-Qaida in the United States and key communications intercepted by the National Security Agency were never circulated, the investigation by the House and Senate intelligence committees concluded.

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http://www.msnbc.com/news/943459.asp?vts=072420031250&cp1=1

This knocks SH's sons off of the top story on my MSNBC homepage...

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Thu Jul-24-03 03:06 PM
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1. So are we safer now?

"The most significant set of events, in my opinion, are in the section of the report that has been censored and therefore won?t be available to the American people," said Graham, another presidential candidate.

Asked on CBS? "The Early Show" whether he thought the attacks could have been prevented, Graham replied, "probably, yes." He said at Thursday?s news conference that he would introduce legislation to implement recommendations in the report that would require congressional approval.

Graham also criticized the omission of some classified information from the report, including a section that government sources told Reuters dealt with whether there was Saudi support for the hijackers.

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