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Peter Bergen says ‘intelligence failure’ label let Bush evade 9/11 blame
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""So, you know, the idea this was an intelligence failure, I think, is allows the Bush administration to get off the hook.""
Peter Bergen argues that calling 9/11 an “intelligence failure” shifts responsibility away from policy-level decisions in the Bush administration. He says US agencies were issuing warnings in spring and summer 2001, while also citing a CIA mistake in not alerting the FBI sooner about two al-Qaeda figures believed to be in the US.
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