Quote by Richard Ben-Veniste
Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensi

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didnt find them. – Richard Ben-Veniste

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