nerdgirl 0 #1 November 2, 2007 Anyone else been following the recent statements by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and former Ambassador to the US, now-Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan about intelligence sharing and terrorist attacks? In an interview w/BBC, the king asserted that Saudi Arabia sent information to UK that was not acted upon and that he intimated could have help to prevent terrorist attacks in the UK (related BBC article). Bandar bin Sultan spoke on Al-Arabiya yesterday: [translation] “Saudi security was actively following the movements of the most of terrorists with precision … if US security authorities had engaged their Saudi counterparts in a serious and credible manner, in my opinion, we would have avoided what happened.” Even if coordination between US intelligence community and international counterparts was less than steller -- (perhaps true)-- it's a long step to rationalize culpability for not preventing the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon on the US Intelligence Community, e.g., CIA. The British assert that the alleged information was not useful. VR/Marg p.s. At least the Saudi's finally seem to be stepping up to address Iran's nuclear program: e.g., http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2787799.ece & http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307497,00.html/world/middle_east/article2787799.ece Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
