CIA Declassifies 9/11 Report

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/30724-cia-declassifies-911-report

Senior officers told the CIA’s Officer of Inspector General that “no comprehensive strategic plan” was ever developed to thwart bin Laden “at any time” before 9/11, despite years of warning and commitments to respond to the threat of al Qaeda.

The CIA’s release of the report late on Friday afternoon comes years after the agency initially declassified part of the document, and was prompted by Freedom of Information Act requests for the full critique.

The spy agency watchdog specifically criticized George Tenet, the former head of the CIA who oversaw the agency for years before and after the 2001 attacks.

While Tenet “recognized the need for an integrated, interagency plan” to combat al Qaeda, he “bears ultimate responsibility for the fact that no such strategic plan was ever created, despite his specific direction that this should be done,” the report claimed.

The CIA said that it was releasing the document — along with two responses from Tenet and two additional views on the subject — “to further contribute to the public record on these events.”

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. This is funny because the Bush administration has claimed Tenent had a plan in 1997.

[Ford_Prefect]

2. John P. O'Neill had a very different story to tell. More smoke and mirrors here.

Lots of ass covering for retired and retiring intelligence and State dept. officials, and at least one Republican candidate.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. K&R n/t