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Originally Posted by Table 5
Considering it was over a decade after the cold-war ended, that's some pretty amazing incompetence. With the increase in terrorist activity targeted at western interests around the world (I remember hearing about Osama at least a coupe of years before 01), you would think somebody would have clued in a little bit. I understand that such a large industrial machine is hard to maneuver, but not having a few armed jets ready to scramble (or pilots who aren't fresh out training) seems like such a glaring omission.
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There was one guy, FBI? He was running around trying to get people understand that there WOULD be a terrorist attack. But he couldn't get anyone to believe him. I don't remember his name. He was in the twin towers when they were attacked and he died.