FBI intercepted al Qaeda transmission on 9/10
FBI Said to Lag on Translations of Terror Tapes:
Qaeda messages, saying "Tomorrow is zero hour" and "The match is about to begin," were intercepted by the National Security Agency on Sept. 10, 2001, but not translated until days later, underscoring the urgency of the problem.
The inspector general's report on the F.B.I., the lead agency for combating domestic terrorism, said the bureau faced "significant management challenges" in providing quick and accurate translations.
In counterterrorism cases, more than 123,000 hours of audio recordings in languages commonly associated with terrorism have not been translated since the Sept. 11 attacks, amounting to 20 percent of the total material, the report found. For all languages, nearly half a million hours of audio tapes, or 30 percent of the material collected, was not reviewed, it said. The data reflected material gathered under foreign intelligence surveillance warrants in operations within the United States.
The fact that the FBI didn't decode the 9/10/02 transmission is not wholly President Bush's fault. However, the FBI still has a backlog, and they aren't doing anything about it. Additionally, everyone must also remember that the FBI before 11 September was concentrating on Porn, Drugs and Covering up Nude Statues - terrorism was not the highest priority. That is squarely the President's fault. I guess they shouldn't have fired all those translators who were gay.
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