NSA and 9/11 — Unshared Intercepts and Intelligence Failures

NSA et le 11 septembre — Intercepts non partages et echecs de renseignement

Plausible
0.6
Credibility score
Intelligence Grey zone

Summary

The NSA had intercepted communications from Al-Qaeda prior to 9/11, including calls from the San Diego safe house where two of the hijackers were lodging. The 9/11 Commission documented the 'wall' preventing FBI/CIA sharing and massive coordination failures. The question remains: bureaucratic incompetence or deliberate negligence/complicity? The CIA Inspector General's report (2007) identified 50-60 people who failed in their responsibility, but none were sanctioned.

Key claims

1

La NSA a intercepte des communications d'Al-Qaeda avant le 11/9 sans les transmettre efficacement [ESTABLISHED — Commission 9/11]

2

Deux des pirates de l'air (al-Mihdhar, al-Hazmi) vivaient a San Diego sous la surveillance indirecte du FBI [ESTABLISHED]

3

Le 'wall' entre FBI et CIA a empeche le partage d'informations critiques [ESTABLISHED — Commission 9/11, rapport DOJ IG]

4

50-60 employes CIA ont failli selon l'IG mais aucun sanctionne [ESTABLISHED — rapport IG CIA 2007]

5

L'echec etait delibere pour permettre l'attaque (LIHOP/MIHOP) [HYPOTHESIS — non prouve, cf. THEORY-0973/0974]

6

Des intercepts NSA du 10 sept ('demain est zero hour') n'ont ete traduits que le 12 sept [ESTABLISHED]

Evidence FOR (5)

Rapport Commission 9/11 (2004): documentation des echecs de communication

Rapport inspecteur general CIA (2007, declassifie 2015)

Temoignage Coleen Rowley au Senat (juin 2002)

Livre Ali Soufan 'The Black Banners' (2011): CIA a cache al-Mihdhar au FBI

Intercepts NSA 10 sept traduits le 12 sept

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Key actors (4)

George Tenet
Directeur CIA 1997-2004, a declare que le systeme 'clignotait rouge' durant l'ete 2001
Michael Hayden
Directeur NSA le 11/9, a autorise Stellar Wind dans les jours suivants
Coleen Rowley
Agent FBI Minneapolis, a alerte sur Moussaoui avant le 11/9, bloquee par le siege
Ali Soufan
Agent FBI, a documente le refus de la CIA de partager des infos sur al-Mihdhar

Connected theories (7)

Surveillance de masse NSA — PRISM, XKeyscore et l'infrastructure mondiale d'espionnage
0.8
Intelligence THEORY-1001
LIHOP — Let It Happen On Purpose
0.55
Temporal THEORY-0973
MIHOP — Made It Happen On Purpose
0.55
Temporal THEORY-0974
Le Mossad et les operations false flag
0.8
Intelligence THEORY-0201
CIA et assassinats politiques
0.8
Intelligence THEORY-0206
Paradoxe surveillance totale / impunite Epstein — Si tout est surveille, le silence est une decision
0.85
Cover-up THEORY-1015
La CIA et le 11 septembre
0.7
Shared actors THEORY-0204

Document corpus

Total documents 9
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Sources (4)

NSA Inspector General Report (2004, partially declassified 2016) [PRIMARY]
James Bamford, 'The Shadow Factory' (2008), ch. on pre-9/11 intercepts [SECONDARY]
9/11 Commission Report (2004), ch. on intelligence failures [PRIMARY]
Thomas Drake, NSA whistleblower testimony (2010-2011) [PRIMARY]