Go pull the nyt for the week before. There were warnings of terrorist attacks, but they were believed to be threatening US bases overseas, specifically on Okinawa.
It’s not “they knew and did nothing”. It only becomes clear in hindsight. It was a massive failure. Of intelligence and of imagination.
Kissaki@feddit.de 4 months ago
What do you mean by they had plenty of warning? Do you consider the government, FBI, and CIA to be one entity?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Normally the agencies coordinate.
Cheney changed that when Bush was elected, and had everything go thru him. It was his decision what another agency and even the president was told.
The pieces were all there, but Cheney was literally the only person who saw all the pieces before it happened.
And he never said anything.
Maybe he was incompetent, maybe he was evil enough to let it happen.
But lots of people call Dick Cheney evil, no one calls him incompetent
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Don’t quote me on this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if many other countries considered those to be in the same camp.