Rizal Philippines | September 12, 2014
Nat Geo 9/11 documentary
There is a feature at Nat Geo about the documentary of what happened at 9/11 some 13 years ago yesterday.
What was notable was failure in security and defense strategy/tactics. CIA and FBI did not share information so terrorist were able to move freely around.. The security measures were not tight enough. The pilots were able to train undetected. Some intelligence data from the Phil were also ignored.
Thus past strategies based on old past template are inadequate to handle present situation which is rapidly evolving. The large bureaucratic community of FBI and CIA looking formidable because of its huge resources: manpower, facilities and computer, sat com had cracks and had trouble detecting the terrorists who were freely moving inside USA.
What was strategy of Al Qaeda:
1. They took advantage of the conflicts of or the wall between the intelligence community
2. The terrorists had all the time to familiarize themselves with their targets.
3. They had secrecy and stealth
4. They chose flights that had plenty of fuel (from Maine or Boston bound for the West Coast) and had maximum effect for the mission
5. They were well coordinated attacks;
6. They made sure they passed all the security checks
7. They chose members of the team who were willing to die and had extreme hatred of Americans
An army of small ants can eat an elephant and an elephant cant destroy the ants. Not even with its size and weight. Each has its own weakness. Couple that with the mobility and secrecy of the opponents.
Were Mossad and CIA behind the 911 attacks
