CIA blew chances to spot 9/11 threat, says report

[CJCRANE]

"-Information on hijackers kept from key personnel

-Former director George Tenet criticised for failings

As 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."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,,2153780,00.html

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. No one was meant to stop 9/11. There were FBI agents screaming at the top of their

lungs and those in charge didn't listen. A DEA informer KNEW and told Bob Graham about the plot and that was never headed. So the revelations of this report is bullshit to me. None of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, now enacted would have stopped it either.

[Virginia Dare]

3. The question is, why didn't they listen?

was somebody higher up intervening? I agree this is complete horseshit. The FBI had plenty of leads within the U.S. on their own with or without the CIA's cooperation. Enough with the lies and obfuscation already.

[Postman]

2. Aug. 6, 2001 PDB

Bin Laden Determined To Strike Inside the US.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Commander codpiece: Alright, you've covered your ass now...n/t