haven't seen this mentioned yet, though the board is obviously exploding:
1. before the attacks on DC, news sources mentioned that the hostage/crisis FBI team were on the west coast for the week. therefore, there was no one to deal with the hijack situations anyway.
2. none of the principals (Bush, Cheney, Powell, etc) were in DC or anywhere near the buildings hit.
3. of course the US is not going to admit to any intelligence info. it's better to be taken by surprise than to say, "well, we thought they were kidding!" or "we followed a goose chase" instead of stopping the real tragedies. AND, it creates sympathy for the Security Measures we may see coming down the pipe for a long time to come.
so, I think what this amounts to is a warning. and, someone in gov't is on the terrorists' payroll.
- terri
"Big Brother does care. Besides, who else would He watch?"
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haven't seen this mentioned yet, though the board is obviously exploding:
1. before the attacks on DC, news sources mentioned that the hostage/crisis FBI team were on the west coast for the week. therefore, there was no one to deal with the hijack situations anyway.
2. none of the principals (Bush, Cheney, Powell, etc) were in DC or anywhere near the buildings hit.
3. of course the US is not going to admit to any intelligence info. it's better to be taken by surprise than to say, "well, we thought they were kidding!" or "we followed a goose chase" instead of stopping the real tragedies. AND, it creates sympathy for the Security Measures we may see coming down the pipe for a long time to come.
so, I think what this amounts to is a warning. and, someone in gov't is on the terrorists' payroll.
- terri
"Big Brother does care. Besides, who else would He watch?"