Article of discussion: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/21/cia....ap/index.html
A couple of specific comments from the article:
Quote #1: "Completed in June 2005, the report lays out in greater detail what has long been known: The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al Qaeda and missed crucial opportunities to thwart two hijackers in the run-up to September 11."
Quote #2: "They did not always work effectively and cooperatively," the report stated.
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As for quote #2... DUH! EVERYONE knows that the CIA, FBI and most ALL government agencies do NOT play "nice nice" with each other ... or hell even it's own people.
And honestly ... even if we had been prepared could we (our country) have been able to stop ALL the highjackers?
The summary/s at the bottom of the article are a bit confusing. Supposedly some agencies DID know all along about the terrorist attacks but didn't do anything about it? And yet again "the left hand not talking to the right hand"... only made sure that the attacks succeeded. <blah>