"Why America Slept"

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This paper contains a review of the book, along with a brief recommendation. "Why America Slept" is a chilling account of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It explains that the book discusses why the terrorist attacks happened and how America could have prevented them.

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"Some of the book is difficult to read because it seems that such bungling went on between American agencies that nothing concrete could get done. The CIA and the FBI both had information on terrorist groups operating in and outside the U.S., but were so busy trying to gain power themselves, they fought against each other and refused to share information. Posner notes that this internal feuding only helped the terrorists, many of whom slipped into the country while security was low, and agencies were not passing information about suspected terrorists between each other (Posner 23). This is not only distressing, it is difficult to read, and know that childish feuding between agencies was allowed to continue, and that is was a threat to national security."

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