Israel had the entire picture from multiple sources.
We had Arab simulator pilots who didn’t care about landing and overstayed their visas and bought one way tickets. We had an actor James Woods report suspicious passengers. We had a security agent who got the chills and didn’t act and a rental agent who didn’t report a threat on her life, both because of political correctness. We had a prior attempt on the WTC. We had fragments we should have put together.
Israel had obtained the Hamas plan. An intelligence sergeant wrote up a full report confirming the plan being discussed and practiced in real present time, moving it out of the theoretical. She reported the attack capacity of Hamas greater than previously thought.
There was a quasi-retired intelligence guy still in the loop who independently made a full report delivered to the top, after which he was removed from the loop.
There were thousands of Hamas men being trained.
Egypt sent warning.
The US had fragments. Israel had the full picture, emailed, followed up, typed, signed, sealed and delivered by two separate experts, and corroborated by many military observers.
I would like to believe their spy chiefs were merely stupid or over-confident. But I can’t.
First obvious culprit is Military Intelligence Director Aharon Haliva. There’s ample documentation and reporting on his role.
Here’s an example of the kind of vacuous Leftist he is:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/236252