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Author

Stephen, Andrew

Subjects
*SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, *SECURITY classification (Government documents), *TERRORISM, *TERRORISTS, *NATIONAL security, *SECURITY management, *CLASSIFIED defense information, *GOVERNMENT information, *INTELLIGENCE service, *GOVERNMENT publications, *OFFICIAL secrets, UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009
Abstract

Comments on newly released papers which show the extent of terrorist warnings to U.S. President George W. Bush's administration before September 11, 2001. Highlights of the classified briefings, written by Richard Clarke, that were sent to then National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice; Reluctance of the government to release the documents; Clarke's belief that al-Qaeda was a potent threat, and his call for immediate action; Rice's perception of al-Qaeda as an organisation that was creating problems for U.S. foreign policy; Warnings sent to the administration.

Published
2005

2. Pre-9/11 Files Show Warnings Were More Dire and Persistent.

Author

Johnston, David and Dwyer, Jim

Subjects
*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

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