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U.S. Intelligence-Post 9/11

von Dr. Norbert Wagner, Michal Machnowski
A first probe into the lapses that almost led to an explosion on a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day reportedly found that US government agencies failed to share key information that would have stopped the would-be bomber from ever getting on an airplane. Despite the billions of dollars spent over the last eight years to improve the intelligence flow and secret communications across the United States’ national security apparatus, the system failed according to President Obama.

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President Obama spoke in blunt terms about the “mix of human and systematic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security”, and promised “accountability at every level” . In interviews, government officials and others have started to provide an account of how various agencies had gleaned bits and pieces of information about the young Nigerian, but failed to put them together to disrupt the plot. In Washington, the blame game has begun.

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