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Must be talking about some of that actionable intelligence that candidates keep talking about needing before going to war. This is just plain crazy.
Written by GussAs many as 60 people within the CIA read a cable referring to two of the 19 hijackers involved in the attacks on America on September 11 2001 before the event, yet the information was not shared with the parts of the organisation able to do anything about it, according to the agency’s own internal investigation.
The revelation is one of several damning findings from the CIA’s own watchdog, the inspector general, drawn up in June 2005. He accuses the CIA’s top officials in the run-up to 9/11, including the then director, George Tenet, of failure to devise a strategic plan to counter Osama bin Laden in advance of the attacks.A 19-page summary of the inspector’s report was published yesterday under a new congressional law passed earlier this month, having been kept secret since it was written. It underlines the depth of infighting between the CIA and the National Security Agency which prevented clear lines of responsibility in the fight against al-Qaida.
Though the report found no evidence of misconduct or illegality, it bluntly stated that CIA officers “did not discharge their responsibilities in a satisfactory manner”. The inspector, John Helgerson, went as far as to recommend further panels of inquiry into the conduct of key individuals within the agency to see whether disciplinary action should be taken against them.
~J~ Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 amVisit ~J~
I just don’t understand why GWB kept Tenet over from the previous administration. His father had been Director of the CIA at one time and I’m sure he could have given him several names of professionals who could have done a better job.
Now we know why Tenet hurried up and wrote his book.
Guss Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:19 amVisit Guss
You’ll get no argument from me because I agree with you 100%.
~J~ Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:29 amVisit ~J~
You’re up early. I haven’t gone to bed yet, worrying about what happens to Silky tomorrow.
Going to try to go to bed now and will call you as soon as I know something.
Have to be there at 10 to visit with her before they put her out for the operation at 11. I may stay until everything is over, which I hope is something simple and curable.
Guss Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:31 amVisit Guss
Please let me know what happens.
Sue Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 2:27 pmVisit Sue
I agree also that Tenent was no real asset to the administration or the country but in fairness here is his rebuttal to this report:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/washington/21cnd-tenet.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1187805744-qjPqFN4hucFYsFNWG6Xncg
I do not think we will ever know the whole story behind 9/11 but I know for me I blame the men who committed this horrendous act.
My hope is that we have corrected some of the intelligence gathering and sharing mechanisms to the point that we have a much better opportunity to thwart off another major attack. I guess only time will tell.