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Ok, some comments.  This is the al-Qeade entry, it is not the [[9/11]] entry, nor the [[Incompetence of US Intelligence Community]] entry, nor the [[Criticism of the Bush administration and neo-con agenda]] entry.  The value of the 9/11 Report gives us what studied movements and contacts of al-Qeada are known to US intelligence agencies, and the citations that are either (a) accessible through [[FOIA]], or (b) remain classified.  Also, the compilers of the Report were required by law to maintain operational integrity of on-going intelligence operations, i.e. the identity of sources.  (Also, we must assume or allow for the plausibility that some sources and/or documents were withheld from the 9/11 Report).  So, the value of the Report as it pertains to this article simply gives us a very thorough picture of al-Qaeda operations and movements ''that were known'' to (a) US Intelligence, and (b) made public through this report. PERIOD.

Ok, some comments.  This is the al-Qeade entry, it is not the [[9/11]] entry, nor the [[Incompetence of US Intelligence Community]] entry, nor the [[Criticism of the Bush administration and neo-con agenda]] entry.  The value of the 9/11 Report gives us what studied movements and contacts of al-Qeada are known to US intelligence agencies, and the citations that are either (a) accessible through [[FOIA]], or (b) remain classified.  Also, the compilers of the Report were required by law to maintain operational integrity of on-going intelligence operations, i.e. the identity of sources.  (Also, we must assume or allow for the plausibility that some sources and/or documents were withheld from the 9/11 Report).  So, the value of the Report as it pertains to this article simply gives us a very thorough picture of al-Qaeda operations and movements ''that were known'' to (a) US Intelligence, and (b) made public through this report. PERIOD.

It is not possible to make any claims of "conclusions", etc. because of the gapping holes that the Report itself admits exists.  Therefore, when the Report uses phrasing such as, "there is no evidence", this DOES NOT IMPLY ANYTHING in the way of expunging or excusing or rehabilitating or denying or ANYTHING.  It is simply an area where either (a) information does not exist because an event never occurred, or (b) we are waiting for the discovery of information, or (c) the event occurred but will never been known.

It is not possible to make any claims of "conclusions", etc. because of the gapping holes that the Report itself admits exists.  Therefore, when the Report uses phrasing such as, "there is no evidence", this DOES NOT IMPLY ANYTHING in the way of expunging or excusing or rehabilitating or denying or ANYTHING.  It is simply an area where either (a) information does not exist because an event never occurred, or (b) we are waiting for the discovery of information, or (c) the event occurred but will never be known.

So, to attempt to make this article into some sort of criticism of policy will not happen. This is an article about al-Qeade, and what is known of its history.  PERIOD. It is not a disguised vehicle for criticism of policymakers & intelligence failures.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 18:05, 7 June 2007 (EDT)

So, to attempt to make this article into some sort of criticism of policy will not happen. This is an article about al-Qeade, and what is known of its history.  PERIOD. It is not a disguised vehicle for criticism of policymakers & intelligence failures.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 18:05, 7 June 2007 (EDT)