Central Intelligence Agency, The
Central Intelligence Agency, The | The CIA Is Responsible for the Terrorist Attacks on America
Massimo Calabresi is an intelligence correspondent for Time. Romesh Ratnesar is a staff writer for the same magazine.
Summary: There are many reasons why the CIA failed to anticipate and prevent the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America. First, the CIA still functions as it did during the Cold War, but the threats to America’s national security have changed radically since the Soviet Union collapsed. While the CIA still has numerous agents who speak fluent Russian, for instance, the war on terrorism requires operatives who speak Middle...
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- The CIA Is Responsible for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Cannot Be Blamed for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Should Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The CIA Should Not Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Be Amended
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Not Be Amended
- The CIA Has Too Little Accountability in the War Against Terrorism
- Covert Action Is Sometimes Justified
- Covert Action Is Never Justified
- The CIA Helps Promote Peace
- The CIA Promotes Violence
- The CIA Has Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Has Not Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Is Seriously Flawed
- America Still Needs the CIA
- The CIA Should Be Reformed
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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