Re: U.S. warned in 1995 of plot to hijack planes, attack buildings

On Tuesday 18 September 2001 04:05 pm, Chuck Lewis wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>
> <Very weak and uncalled for, Chuck.>
>
> EXCUSE me ? I resent what you imply and I was only providing information...
> Chill

Let me quote your post which "just provided information.":

"Oh, boy, here we go, MAJOR intelligence breakdown !"

Sound familiar?

> <To say that somehow it was a breakdown in intelligence to fail to prevent
> last weeks attack based on some info found six years ago.>
>
> Do you know anyone that works in intelligence ? I know and I know EXACTLY
> what many of them feel. This is a classic example of what many of them feel
> was total frustration in getting information from the human field vs the
> electronic field...

They might just feel like there are some people who will read some tidbit and
fly off at the handle with stuff like, "MAJOR intelligence breakdown!"

> <The intelligence groups who follow up those leads stopped many different
> terrorist threats in the intervening six years. I image they are sick
> enough about their failure to stop this one without some second guessing
> finger pointers to help them out.>
>
> Of course they did and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. The biggest boost
> they had was an undercover Egyptian agent that managed to become the right
> hand man to the Sheik that is know in prison (and that is the main reason
> Bin Laden is so ticked off with us - he was very fond of this guy...)
>
> No offense intended with any of this, just information :-)

And a little bit of editorial, right?

> Chuck

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