re: Plausible Bin Laden or 9/11 Conspiracies or Secrets

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If there is one thing you can trust the Russians on, it is that they also aren't fans of the Muslims.

Britain is our nephew that just lives away from the family a little ways. Two reliable info givers there.

Can rule out most states, because no terrorist is flying a plane into the legislature building in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, etc.

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In retrospect, we obviously dropped the ball. We had people who were convinced it was going to happen and were discounted.

But, I'm always reluctant when the argument starts to sound more like putting the primary blame on the defenders rather than the aggressors. The CIA, for it's faults and failures, is an extraordinary entity that has prevented incalculable harm to the country. I think the move away from an emphasis on human intelligence following the end of the Cold War is when things really started to go south, but that is a different discussion.