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The night before 9/11, FBI agent John O'Neill knew that we were due for another attack by the Al Qaeda. He knew they wanted to finish the job with the World Trade Center. He had been tracking the Al Qaeda activities since the first WTC attack. The leadership of the FBI was unimpressed, however, and ultimately O'Neill was pushed out of the FBI.
He left to become the head of security at the World Trade Center. He died on 9/11.
What is interesting is that this Frontline episode I am view was original aired in 2002.
Bush and Co. are saying that it's very difficult to be correct 100% of the time about defending attacks against us. However, they failed to acknowledge and respond to 100%of the multitude of clues that the Al Qaeda were after us. This was a flagrant oversight.
On the one hand, I don't think we should be attempting to place blame on various government departments for 9/11. On the other hand, I find it interesting, as Clarke did, that the Bush administration ignored the threat, in light of the fact that they have put more energy in Iraq than on the Al Qaeda. We've got 125,000 troops in Iraq, and significantly less in Afghanistan. We caught a man who was not responsible for 9/11, but the leader behind 9/11 and the original WTC bombing still runs free. Don't even try to argue that Bush's activities support the War on Terror. It's just sad. We started a conflict in Iraq that will take years to work out. We're going into debt for it. We're creating new and angrier enemies. We still haven't eliminated the significant enemies.
He left to become the head of security at the World Trade Center. He died on 9/11.
What is interesting is that this Frontline episode I am view was original aired in 2002.
Bush and Co. are saying that it's very difficult to be correct 100% of the time about defending attacks against us. However, they failed to acknowledge and respond to 100%of the multitude of clues that the Al Qaeda were after us. This was a flagrant oversight.
On the one hand, I don't think we should be attempting to place blame on various government departments for 9/11. On the other hand, I find it interesting, as Clarke did, that the Bush administration ignored the threat, in light of the fact that they have put more energy in Iraq than on the Al Qaeda. We've got 125,000 troops in Iraq, and significantly less in Afghanistan. We caught a man who was not responsible for 9/11, but the leader behind 9/11 and the original WTC bombing still runs free. Don't even try to argue that Bush's activities support the War on Terror. It's just sad. We started a conflict in Iraq that will take years to work out. We're going into debt for it. We're creating new and angrier enemies. We still haven't eliminated the significant enemies.