Quote by Richard Ben-Veniste

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 didn't find them.

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this e

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This quote suggests that the speaker, who is likely someone in a position of authority, acknowledges that prior to the 9/11 attacks, there was a significant amount of intelligence indicating the presence of two al Qaeda members in the United States. However, despite having this information, they were unable to locate and apprehend these individuals. The quote implies that this failure to act on the intelligence contributed to the tragic events of 9/11.

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