1. Pre-9/11 Files Show Warnings Were More Dire and Persistent.
- Author
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Johnston, David and Dwyer, Jim
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MILITARY intelligence , *COUNTERTERRORISM , *SECURITY classification (Government documents) , *INTELLIGENCE service , *NATIONAL security , *REVIEW committees , *TERRORISTS , *OFFICIAL secrets , *CLASSIFIED defense information , *HEADS of state , *ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness , *STRATEGIC planning , *GOVERNMENT agencies , *COMMITTEES , *ORGANIZATION , *PRESIDENTS of the United States , *MILITARY policy - Abstract
Discusses how the hearings of the September 11 commission and its preliminary findings have made clear that Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda were a threat that was recognized and discussed at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Suggestion by some commission members that the attacks could have been prevented; Political implications of the examination; Focus on previously classified information given to two presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and their senior advisors; Overview of the findings, including missed opportunities amid a stream of warnings; Ways that the attacks might have been prevented; Counterterrorism approaches of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Published
- 2004