this is the largest release of formerly classified CIA documents ever. It reflects my commitment to be as forward-leaning as possible in releasing information that with the passage of time no longer needs to be protected.
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The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president.George Tenet
In 1999, the Germans gave us a name -- 'Marwan,' that's it -- and a phone number, ... And we didn't sit on our hands, and I'm not going to go through the rest of it in open session. They didn't give us a first and a last name until after 911.
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The background ... makes it even more troubling that the 16 words eventually made it into the State of the Union speech, ... This was a mistake.
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THIELMANN When it came to presenting the intelligence community's formal judgment on matters White House officials had already publicly addressed-- especially Iraq's nuclear weapons capabilities ... defended very stubbornly the erroneous CIA interpretation.
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Three thousand people died, ... No matter how hard we worked or how desperately we tried, it was not enough. The victims and the families of 911 deserve better.
George Tenet
There was no lack of care or focus in the face of one of the greatest dangers our country has ever faced,
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