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Truth and Lies a Decade after 9/11
Ten years after September 11, many questions remain. What about efforts to warn the Bush Administration about al Qaeda? Why did President Bush accuse Saddam Hussein...?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenTen years after September 11, many questions remain. What about efforts to warn the Bush Administration about al Qaeda? Why did President Bush accuse Saddam Hussein? Has US intelligence strategy been improved? Also, gridlock returns to Capitol Hill, and Europe's economic crisis gets worse.
Banner image: Cover of the National Security Preparedness Group's 'Tenth Anniversary Report Card'
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