"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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(OXMORON1) wrote:

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The whole intelligence community was screwed up and the only good that I
see
from 9/11 is posibly the system will be cleaned up in the future.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the USAF an integral part of the
intelligence community? If yes, then doesn't the USAF share the
blame for 9/11?

To understand what happened you would have to look at how the intellegence
community was partitioned by congress after Nixon. You see, 'ol tricky dick
got the idea that the CIA would be useful to punish his internal enemies.
The CIA was not supposed to operate inside the US and so the pieces of the
intellegence community were ordered not to talk to eah other. A gaping hole
just waiting for 9-11.