It is a fact that bin Laden pulled off a total strategic coup on 9/11. Those so called "intelligence agencies" that we pay about 75 billion dollars a year for were totally useless. They had no one on the ground. They had no one to read the millions of intercepts in Arabic. They did ignore good intelligence from other countries. Finally they did not,and still do not talk with each other. Bin Laden is a scumbag, no doubt about it. It is amazing that our impotent government has allowed him to live this long.
Anyone who ever worked with Arabs had to know that another attack on the WTC would take place. Arabs, in general, and crazy Islamics, in particular; view NYC as the center of Jewish influence in the world-which it is. After the first attack on the WTC , the US totally ignored the fact that another attack was a dead certain.
Did anyone on this board ever hear of Rick Rescorla? Rescorla was the head of security at Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter. Rescorla repeatedly warned the NYC Port Authority that another attack would take place on the WTC. They laughed him off. Rescorla lost his life on 9/11 getting his folks out of the WTC against the orders of the Port Authority, who told everyone to stay put.