| A | B |
|---|
| A failure of imagination | not connecting the dots btwn suspected terrorists & flight school enrollment |
| A failure of resolve | Withdrawing from Somalia in 1993 |
| A failure of intelligence | CIA, FBI, NSA not sharing information |
| What does the CIA do? | Collects intelligence outside of the U.S. |
| What does the FBI do? | Collects intelligence inside the U.S. |
| What does the NSA do? | Intercepts enemy communications |
| We treated bin-Laden as this before 9/11 | a law enforcement problem |
| This regime gave bin-Laden asylum in 1996 | Taliban |
| The 9/11 hijackers targeted these planes b/c they had more fuel in them | transcontinental flights |
| obscure | hidden |
| reprimand | strong and formal disapproval |
| fundamentalist | someone who believes in the literal interpretation of something |
| preeminent | first and foremost |
| unilateral | one-sided |
