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Eight months after Sep. 11, it is becoming increasingly apparent that various arms of the US government had pieces of information that, if put together, might have provided sketchy advance warning of the terrorist strikes to come.
The White House now acknowledges, that the CIA told President Bush in August that suspected members of A1 Qaeda had discussed the hijacking of airplanes. At the same time, FBI agents were increasingly suspicious of some Middle Eastern men training at US flight schools. Yet the US government didn’t pay attention to this information.
"There are always these little indicators that come in--of one sort or another--that don’t get enough decibels to receive attention," say former CIA Director Stansfield Turner.
"The possibility of a traditional hijacking--in the pre-9·11 sense---has long been a concern of the government," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. But "th
A. it ignored the information from FBI.
B. it did not pull together information.
C. it did not communicate with other countries.
D. it made slow responses to 9·11.
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Eight months after Sep. 11, it is becoming increasingly apparent that various arms of the US government had pieces of information that, if put together, might have provided sketchy advance warning of the terrorist strikes to come.
The White House now acknowledges, that the CIA told President Bush in August that suspected members of A1 Qaeda had discussed the hijacking of airplanes. At the same time, FBI agents were increasingly suspicious of some Middle Eastern men training at US flight schools. Yet the US government didn’t pay attention to this information.
"There are always these little indicators that come in--of one sort or another--that don’t get enough decibels to receive attention," say former CIA Director Stansfield Turner.
"The possibility of a traditional hijacking--in the pre-9·11 sense---has long been a concern of the government," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. But "th
A. The US government should be partly responsible for 9·11.
B. 9·11 event could have been avoided.
C. The US government should have paid more attention to the warnings.
D. The CIA is inevitably responsible for its incorrect information.
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