HOF44 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If you have not seen this you should watch it. It is the most comprehensive look at the NSA and its relationships with other agencies before 9/11. It shows the info was there to stop the attacks, but turf battles kept it from being sent to the right agencies at the right times. Here is a link to the program online. The Spy Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If you have not seen this you should watch it. It is the most comprehensive look at the NSA and its relationships with other agencies before 9/11. It shows the info was there to stop the attacks, but turf battles kept it from being sent to the right agencies at the right times.Here is a link to the program online. The Spy Factory That was the huge thing. Prior to 9/11 turf battles and laws created walls in the IC. One agency could not speak to the other That entire summer alarm bells were going off. Nobody could put the pieces together because nobody could actually see the big picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 That entire summer alarm bells were going off. Nobody could put the pieces together because nobody could actually see the big picture I had read that before, but this program put it all together and showed how much we really knew. It's amazing really to see it all put together like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Keep remembering a scene in Clancey's Patriot Games. Jack Ryan has been allowed into the CIA, and he's just been given access to everything the CIA has on the terrorists that Ryan just fought. Ryan is now buried in piles of information, and a supervisor comes in. The supervisor explains that one of the really frustrating things about this job? Some day, the CIA is going to crack this group. They'll figure out who they are, where they work, and all that stuff. And when they do? They'll discover that everything they needed was already right here in front of us, for years. It's always easy, after something happens, to go back and look at the data, and say :doh: the clues are right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 It's always easy, after something happens, to go back and look at the data, and say :doh: the clues are right here. Larry, Watch this and the info and comments from the agents involved. It really is an eye opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeman38 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Basing anything off what the Bureau says, and then saying it wasn't a post-mortum is a crock. The Bureau is designed to react. They are federal LEOs. Not saying any of this isn't troubling, just saying that the puzzle is easy to piece together after the fact. EDIT: I watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 When everyone comments is the thread please say if you watched the show or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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