Combatting Terrorism in the United States

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This paper describes the revelations that arose from the September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania in the United States. The paper looks at what lessons have been learned from those attacks regarding the safety of the United States and what must be done to prevent and protect America from future terrorist threats.

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"Although it is easy to make recommendations of this sort in hindsight, it is obvious by now that the President and his staff should have paid closer attention to the warnings from the CIA regarding Osama Bin Laden's plans to hijack planes and perform terrorist acts. It is important to understand that the CIA likely receives more threats and tips regarding terrorism than is possible to act upon in every instance, but the fact that the information about Osama Bin Laden was considered important enough to pass along to the President indicates that perhaps the information was corroborated by several sources or there was an abundant amount of evidence supporting the claims, or both. At any rate, the CIA is likely not passing along information to the President without having a certain degree of confidence that the information is correct."

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