I researched and wrote this paper. It was nominated for an award by the President of the Canadian Association of Security Intelligence Studies (CASIS), named Wessley Wark.
The paper explores and analyses the many ways in which the intelligence community was fully aware that an attack of a certain kind was imminant. While this foreknowledge was never denied by the intelligence community, the publicly available sources are full of information about specific individuals and cases where excellent intelligence feildwork was ruined by the decisions of managers more interested in their career than in taking risks on the courageous men and women who bent over backwards to stop the attack. The research is fully referenced with nearly 200 citations and a complete bibliography.
It's 30 pages long, but I've been told that it's a very fast-paced and interesting read. The first part talks about how the US coopted, facilitated and amplified Islamic Militancy in Afghanistan and trained those who became Al Quaeda in the finest methods of terrorism. This shows they knew what was out there, because they helped create it. This is followed by a history of contemporary Islamic Militancy, including Osama Bin Laden and his associates and how they operated with the help of the CIA and other intelligence agencies in the region. Next is an account of how obvious it was that very militant Islamic propaganda was spewing out of the US's best friend, Saudi Arabia--and how this propaganda was flooding European Islamic communities, with no attempt to hide the fact from the authorities. The US corporate oil connection is to blame for this lapse.
The latter sections involve a detailed--and very interesting--analysis of exactly how the US intelligence aparatus operates and how it became aware that something was going to happen. This section includes descriptions of operating procedures and the individuals who tried their hardest to get this information to the top. Included in this section is the individual, David Fraska, who went out of his way to keep this information from being of any value. I also criticise the media, the affect of partisan politics on the intelligence process (particularly Louis Freeh and his relationship to the Saudi ambassador and powerful republicans. I also directly show how he lied about a clinton cover-up). I also draw out the money trail that leads from the Saudi Ambassador's wife to the two Hijackers that crashed a plane into the pentagon.
Here it is: Integrity Failure
The paper explores and analyses the many ways in which the intelligence community was fully aware that an attack of a certain kind was imminant. While this foreknowledge was never denied by the intelligence community, the publicly available sources are full of information about specific individuals and cases where excellent intelligence feildwork was ruined by the decisions of managers more interested in their career than in taking risks on the courageous men and women who bent over backwards to stop the attack. The research is fully referenced with nearly 200 citations and a complete bibliography.
It's 30 pages long, but I've been told that it's a very fast-paced and interesting read. The first part talks about how the US coopted, facilitated and amplified Islamic Militancy in Afghanistan and trained those who became Al Quaeda in the finest methods of terrorism. This shows they knew what was out there, because they helped create it. This is followed by a history of contemporary Islamic Militancy, including Osama Bin Laden and his associates and how they operated with the help of the CIA and other intelligence agencies in the region. Next is an account of how obvious it was that very militant Islamic propaganda was spewing out of the US's best friend, Saudi Arabia--and how this propaganda was flooding European Islamic communities, with no attempt to hide the fact from the authorities. The US corporate oil connection is to blame for this lapse.
The latter sections involve a detailed--and very interesting--analysis of exactly how the US intelligence aparatus operates and how it became aware that something was going to happen. This section includes descriptions of operating procedures and the individuals who tried their hardest to get this information to the top. Included in this section is the individual, David Fraska, who went out of his way to keep this information from being of any value. I also criticise the media, the affect of partisan politics on the intelligence process (particularly Louis Freeh and his relationship to the Saudi ambassador and powerful republicans. I also directly show how he lied about a clinton cover-up). I also draw out the money trail that leads from the Saudi Ambassador's wife to the two Hijackers that crashed a plane into the pentagon.
Here it is: Integrity Failure
Last edited: