Shining much-needed light on areas the 9/11 Commission preferred to
keep dark, Intelligence Matters chronicles the efforts of a
historic joint House-Senate inquiry to get to the bottom of our
intelligence failures on that infamous day in 2001. Originally
published in 2004 amid the media circus surrounding The 9/11
Commission Report, it told more than a riveting tale--it also
provided an unflinching expos of failure, incompetence, and deceit
at the highest levels of our government.
The Joint Inquiry, co-chaired by Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida),
was the first and arguably most effective government body to
investigate the horrendous 2001 attacks. Indeed, it helped compel a
reluctant George W. Bush to establish the 9/11 Commission. But
while both investigations sharply criticized the failures of our
nation's intelligence establishment, only Graham's dared to
challenge the Bush administration on a number of troubling
points-especially the apparent complicity of Saudi officials in the
events of 9/11, the subsequent protection provided by President
Bush for a large number of Saudis (including members of the bin
Laden family), and the run-up to the Iraq War, which Graham voted
against.
The original work combined a compelling narrative of 9/11 with
an insightful eyewitness chronicle of the Joint Inquiry's
investigation, conclusions, and recommendations. Sharply critiquing
the failures at the CIA, FBI, and the White House and detailing at
least twelve occasions when the 9/11 plot could have been stopped,
it concluded with a clear plan for overhauling our intelligence and
national security establishment. For this paperback edition, Graham
has added a substantial new preface and postscript that lucidly
examine how effectively the nation has responded-or failed to
respond-to the Joint Inquiry's recommendations.
This edition restores "Intelligence Matters" to its rightful
place as one of the key texts on the subject of 9/11 and provides a
grim reminder of the challenges that remain for us in the war on
terror.
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