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Pataki says pre-9/11 CIA–FBI information barriers were an institutional failure

Bari Weiss Honestly · What New York’s Governor Saw on 9/11 · September 10, 2026
Pataki says pre-9/11 CIA–FBI information barriers were an institutional failure
Bari Weiss Honestly
Bari Weiss Honestly
What New York’s Governor Saw on 9/11
"I've thought about that a lot because it was a complete failure, but it was an ongoing institutional failure where they had policies where the CIA and the FBI did not share information. And the idea that the two critical organizations uh in charge with protecting us didn't communicate is just something that's hard to believe after the fact."
George Pataki says pre-9/11 policies that limited information-sharing between the CIA and FBI were a “complete failure”. He says New York later set up a counterterrorism centre in Albany to improve day-to-day coordination and intelligence sharing between agencies.
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September 10, 2026 · 49m · 2 Egleze moments
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