The opposition, including Al Qaeda and others, operate as a secret society, they run on oaths and stay out of what is in regular view of government and the general public. I would be willing to gamble that if someone stayed off the internet and/or phones in the planning as a terrorist, then not even the Saudis or the United States would really be able to do much, until the act was already committed. Exceptions exist such as whistleblowers, but still, even the most powerful cyber-intelligence has blind spots.
I agree.
We’re not talking about a very big operation. We’re talking about 19 people in the U. S. and perhaps only a few in Saudi Arabia. Two or three people there, even as little as one could send funds here and facilitate “the plan”.
We’re not talking about hundreds or thousands of people.
Imagine the elites of Saudi Arabia keeping tabs on what every two or three people are doing in the kingdom.
We couldn’t keep tabs on 19 people.