[Steve_Seattle]

"What do we expect it should have done?"

Since the WTC had been a previous target, you might expect New York and/or Washington would be likely targets, but you would focus attention on all major points of entry into the USA. At the very least, they might have warned the airlines to be alert to suspicious behavior by people of Mid East origin. I know that is "racial profiling," but when the stakes are high you don't abide by all the niceties. And I am not a law enforcement person, but I assume there are various things that could have been monitored during a heightened security alert. Some of the things they are doing now, they might have done three weeks ago.

[Hidy]

Well, I'm glad to hear so quickly about how the CIA once again allowed thousands of people to die through their massive and perpetual incompetance.

As soon as I heard of these attacks, I immediately knew that we would eventually find instances where the CIA failed to do its primary job, thereby allowing these attacks to be planned and carried out right under our noses.

In fact, I will go so far as to predict that we are going to hear about OTHER ways the CIA should have known (or knew and did nothing) about the 9/II attacks. I wouldn't be surprised to hear, as a matter of fact, that it was the CIA who first suggested box cutters and plastic knives to these guys. I wouldn't even be surprised if it turns out that CIA agents drove these guys to the airport and kissed them good-bye.

We need to eliminate the CIA and throw open its records. They are an albatross around our country's neck that has NEVER brought us anything but pain and misfortune. The CIA never does anything right, and CONSISTENTLY does one wrong, stupid, hateful, inhumane, dishonest, unforgiveable thing after another. They will not help us apprehend terrorists; they will hinder out search, -- most likely intentionally -- because some of the terrorists who are killing Americans are no doubt high-level "contacts" and honorary members of the CIA.