When Al-Qaeda themselves claimed responsibility, even with overwhelming evidence aside? Why were so many people still reluctant, I was researching about this stuff and was shocked to see people who I respect a lot believe in this

  • Supervivens@lemmy.world
    213·
    9 months ago

    I mean prob because although it wasn’t done directly by the gov they had plenty of warning and did nothing.

    • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      41·
      9 months ago

      Go pull the nyt for the week before. There were warnings of terrorist attacks, but they were believed to be threatening US bases overseas, specifically on Okinawa.

      It’s not “they knew and did nothing”. It only becomes clear in hindsight. It was a massive failure. Of intelligence and of imagination.

    • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
      53·
      9 months ago

      What do you mean by they had plenty of warning? Do you consider the government, FBI, and CIA to be one entity?

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        Normally the agencies coordinate.

        Cheney changed that when Bush was elected, and had everything go thru him. It was his decision what another agency and even the president was told.

        The pieces were all there, but Cheney was literally the only person who saw all the pieces before it happened.

        And he never said anything.

        Maybe he was incompetent, maybe he was evil enough to let it happen.

        But lots of people call Dick Cheney evil, no one calls him incompetent