9/11 and the failure of Western intelligence

The World

A whistleblower said this week that Department of Homeland Security officials have purposely downplayed threats in their briefs to President Donald Trump. Nineteen years ago, dysfunction at intelligence agencies stymied efforts to prevent the deadliest attack on American soil in history. Host Marco Werman speaks with Garrett Graff, author of “The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11.”

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