Author Topic: The 9-11 Investigation is done.... (Read 678 times)

midnight Target · « **on:** July 24, 2003, 04:26:38 PM »

and the loser is.....

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THE CIA FAILED to act on intelligence it had about hijackers, the FBI was unable to track al-Qaida in the United States and key communications intercepted by the National Security Agency were never circulated,

us.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/943459.asp?0cv=NB10

DiabloTX · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2003, 04:30:27 PM »

"But no evidence surfaced in the probe to show that the government could have prevented the attacks, the report says, even had those and many other failures not occurred."

Need to read the whole thing next time.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2003, 04:31:38 PM »

Yep, you cut the CIA by 50% (thks Clinton) and your intel goes down the ****ter...you just can't recover good intelligence overnight when you're rebuilding.

straffo · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2003, 04:52:12 PM »

Well ... it was already known it was a failure of some agency.

The real question is : can it happen again ?

john9001 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2003, 04:55:39 PM »

but ,but , MT, we must protect the constutional rights of illegal aliens, so the CIA,FBI,et all could not do anything until they had PROOF.....oh brother

Ripsnort · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2003, 04:58:16 PM »

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Originally posted by straffo
Well ... it was already known it was a failure of some agency.

The real question is : can it happen again ?

In a free country like ours, you bet it can. That's the problem with freedom, it leaves too many security leaks...but I'd rather have the leaks than a totalitarian Gov't.

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2003, 04:59:31 PM »

IIRC, the hijackers were in this country legally.

Lance · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2003, 05:09:28 PM »

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An entire section on whether there was Saudi support for the hijackers was deleted, as were 26 pages on their foreign financing.

I wonder why?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2003, 05:11:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Lance
I wonder why?

You don't take a dump in the dish you eat out of , now, do you?

This again expresses the need for alternative fuels or fuel sources (Like our Arctic region)

Lance · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2003, 05:14:59 PM »

That is what I was afraid of, Rip.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2003, 05:17:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Lance
That is what I was afraid of, Rip.

Well, its no secret, 70% of all consumer goods require a key element, its called Oil. Without it, we're powerless.

Fishu · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2003, 05:51:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Yep, you cut the CIA by 50% (thks Clinton) and your intel goes down the ****ter...you just can't recover good intelligence overnight when you're rebuilding.

CIA already failed under Bush administration

Animal · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2003, 06:25:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
You don't take a dump in the dish you eat out of , now, do you?

This again expresses the need for alternative fuels or fuel sources (Like our Arctic region)

Many people in power believe it is smarter to deplete external sources of oil before using the American resource. A long term strategic policy.

Lance · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2003, 06:29:13 PM »

Well, hell, Rip... If you could cut your personal lubricant usage in half, we could probably cut that percentage down to 40% or so.

Seriously, you don't have a problem with all data regarding Saudi Arabia's ties to 9/11 being removed from the report? I know the oil is important and all, but isn't knowing who did or didn't have a hand in the deaths of 3000ish Americans also slightly important?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2003, 06:50:23 PM »

Lance, when it can reveal and endanger agents in the field, as they claim it could, I don't have a problem with them leaving that info off the report. Naturally, the left is going to say "Business ties!".

Later in the year there will be an independant review done, a prudent person would wait to make judgement after that report, not before.