[A+Bert (Outta here)]

We have a problem- The FBI and CIA didn't have the slighest idea of what is going on. What happened to the so called Israeli Intelligence sources.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Agreed!

[this_ol_patriot]

They need those black boxes, these guys don't go quietly, they will get some clues from the black boxes.

[apackof2]

We have a problem- The FBI and CIA didn't have the slighest idea of what is going on.
What happened to the so called Israeli Intelligence sources.

big, big problem.

total failure

What happened to our "allies"

No excuse for this

We were sitting ducks

[Travis McGee]

As far as laying the blame and our intell failure, it's critical to note that we have NO human intelligence on the ground in the areas that count in the middle east.

Our DoS and CIA assets in the middle east are only capable of going to embassy parties, or running western oriented "proprietary front" companies. But they can't walk 100 yards into the souk or market or back alleys without being spotted and put at great danger. We just don't have the kinds of spies who can go undercover in a group like the Osama Bin Laden (OBL) group. Nobody.

So yes, I would have to say that the fact that it was a large, expensive, coordinated, and suicidal attack with no fore warning tends to point at OBL, who is capable of sending a dozen or more suicide teams into the USA weeks in advance. The Palis couldn't do it without Mossad knowing. Only OBL or someone on that level we don't even know could do it.

God Bless America.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

What happened to the so called Israeli Intelligence sources.

Don't you remember? Clinton managed to turn the tide......Israel is the bad guy, the Palestinians are the victims.

I put my flag out, I've said my prayers. All I can do now is watch and wait. But I'll tell you this...when the final casualty numbers are out, Pearl Harbor will look like a day at the park.