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The Reasons Behind Our Failure to Prevent 9/11
Ballantine
September 2004
On Sale: August 31, 2004
288 pages
ISBN: 0812966236
EAN: 9780812966237
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Political
Since 9/11, one important question has persisted: What was
really going on behind the scenes with intelligence services
and government leaders during the time preceding that
terrible day? After an eighteen-month investigation, Gerald
Posner reveals much previously undisclosed information,
including details about a secret deal between Saudi Arabia
and Osama bin Laden; how the U.S. government missed several
chances to kill or capture bin Laden; how the CIA
tracked–and then lost–two of the hijackers when they entered
the United States months before the attacks; the devastating
consequences of the crippling rivalry between the CIA and
FBI; and the startling account of top al Qaeda captive whose
information subsequently led to a trail of mysterious deaths
of Saudi Arabian princes and Pakistani military leaders. Why America Slept exposes the frequent mistakes made by law
enforcement and government agencies, and demonstrates how
the failures to prevent 9/11 were tragically not an
exception but typical. In the end, Posner makes a damning
case that the terrorist attacks could have been prevented.
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