Should The Cia's Attack?
September 11, 2001 began as a beautiful day with sunshine and clear blue skies. As usual, workers were off on their more commute to their jobs. Whilst students set off to school. The seemingly normal day came to a halt when reports began roaring in that the one of the US landmarks, the North Tower of the world trade center had been struck by an airliner.Smoke billowed among the town while the thuds of bodies could be heard jumping for the 110-story building. On the ground city goers ran seeking safety from this horrific scene. Stunned reporters dubbed the crash as a freak accident. This suddenly changed when only a mere 17 minutes later, a second airliner plowed through the South tower at 9:03 am that morning. Following the second hit, many
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They believe that Americans could have never expected an attack such as 9/11 could have ever occured against the United States. While it should be acknowledged that the 9/11 attacks were on a larger scale than previous attacks perpetrated by Al Qaeda, supporters of this argument are fail to realize there were several ways that the CIA could have at least down-scaled or prepared for the attack. The CIA did not take action despite all of the warning of a terrorist attack and did not work to improve their own capabilities to prevent an attack. For instance, the CIA could have improved their capabilities such as improving their ability to collect knowledge from human agents ("U.S. Intelligence Agencies Failed to Prevent the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks"). However, the agency did not work to find a way to do so. Additionally, numerous sources warned the agency of an imminent attack. In fact, the CIA received warnings from German intelligence agencies that terrorists were planning to hijack commercial aircraft to use as weapons to damage U.S. landmarks. A clear warning such as this one should have initiated a drive for the CIA to take action such as working with other agencies to put security measures in place to stop such as attack. Not only did the CIA receive many warnings, they also had knowledge that Al Qaeda planned to target United Airlines and American Airlines. This again was a clear signal of a terrorist attack which was again ignored by the CIA. Finally, on top of the warning received from German intelligence agencies, the CIA was also warned by French, Israeli, and Russian services (Significant New Information Details CIA Criminal Culpability in Allowing the 9/11 Attacks!). Given the abundant signals and warnings, it is inexcusable for the CIA to not have at least taken action to against the attacks. Although the scale of this terrorist attack was unprecedented and
They believe that Americans could have never expected an attack such as 9/11 could have ever occured against the United States. While it should be acknowledged that the 9/11 attacks were on a larger scale than previous attacks perpetrated by Al Qaeda, supporters of this argument are fail to realize there were several ways that the CIA could have at least down-scaled or prepared for the attack. The CIA did not take action despite all of the warning of a terrorist attack and did not work to improve their own capabilities to prevent an attack. For instance, the CIA could have improved their capabilities such as improving their ability to collect knowledge from human agents ("U.S. Intelligence Agencies Failed to Prevent the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks"). However, the agency did not work to find a way to do so. Additionally, numerous sources warned the agency of an imminent attack. In fact, the CIA received warnings from German intelligence agencies that terrorists were planning to hijack commercial aircraft to use as weapons to damage U.S. landmarks. A clear warning such as this one should have initiated a drive for the CIA to take action such as working with other agencies to put security measures in place to stop such as attack. Not only did the CIA receive many warnings, they also had knowledge that Al Qaeda planned to target United Airlines and American Airlines. This again was a clear signal of a terrorist attack which was again ignored by the CIA. Finally, on top of the warning received from German intelligence agencies, the CIA was also warned by French, Israeli, and Russian services (Significant New Information Details CIA Criminal Culpability in Allowing the 9/11 Attacks!). Given the abundant signals and warnings, it is inexcusable for the CIA to not have at least taken action to against the attacks. Although the scale of this terrorist attack was unprecedented and