Months before the Sept. 11 attacks, the CIA knew two of the hijackers were in the United States and that they were connected to the al Qaeda organization. You’ll be hearing a lot about this today.
“According to the report that will hit newsstands Monday, the intelligence was never passed along to the FBI, which now asserts that if it had known, agents could have uncovered the terrorist plot. The CIA declined comment.”
Yet, on an Arab news website (which is down now) “What is coming to the Americans will not, by the will of God, be less than what has come,” the paper quoted al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman bu Ghaith as saying in a statement. “So beware, America. Get ready. Get prepared. Put on the safety belt.” Many, many news agencies are reporting this story, which is just now starting to be picked up on the major news sites.
Tomorrow, congress will begin to try to figure out what, if anything was done by the various agencies of our government to try and prevent or, warn of the 9/11 attacks. Some politicos cite inter-agency co-operation could have helped, Ashcroft doubts this quite seriously
Meanwhile, Ashcroft continues to deny that any US law enforcement or intelligence agency acted inappropriately. In fact, they are all telling us that we should feel good, because they have apparently stopped numerous attacks already.
Whatever.