US intelligence agent criticises lack of blame in 9/11 report

[The Spirit of JFK]

"In the wake of the 9/11 Commission's report into the 2001 attacks on the US, BBC News Online spoke to Anonymous - a serving US intelligence official whose recent book Imperial Hubris is sharply critical of American counter-terror efforts"

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Anonymous praised the long-awaited report as an "exhaustive and admirable job in outlining" the attacks, but expressed astonishment at the lack of blame it had attributed.

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Anonymous charged that US intelligence agencies are more concerned with navigating political and legal obstacles than with protecting American citizens.

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Anonymous warns in his book that another attack on the United States is very likely, and argues that the invasion of Iraq has played into the hands of Osama Bin Laden without making the US safer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3926033.stm

[Hoping4Change]

1. I heard a lengthy interniew with anonymous. He holds nothing back

He really must be bushco's worse nightmare. He lays alot of blame on dimwits's middle east policy that is so utterly lacking any balance and goes on to say that any real discussion about this disasterous stance is a political hot potato.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. 5 minute BBC interview transcript from a couple of weeks ago here

(and video, not that that gives you much, since 'Anonymous' is in shadow)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3893111.stm