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To: stockman_scott who wrote (31911)	6/8/2002 10:19:54 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

And there is this NYT article which discusses many of the items missed and some of the reasons why for nearly the last DECADE!!! Plus it appears the UK Times will have an article tomorrow that might be of interest as well.... TRACKING THE MISSTEPS In Years of Plots and Clues, Scope of Qaeda Eluded U.S. By JUDITH MILLER and DON VAN NATTA Jr. WASHINGTON, June 7? A re-examination of years of terrorist plots and attacks around the world, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, suggests that American intelligence agencies profoundly underestimated Al Qaeda's reach and aspirations for more than a decade as it grew from obscurity into a global terrorist threat, lawmakers and investigators said this week.>>>>>>>>(there is a good deal more to this article) nytimes.com Also....this is a developing story... UK's MI6 warned the American intelligence services about a plot to hijack aircraft and crash them into buildings two years before the September 11 attacks, the SUNDAY TIMES is reporting... MORE...