The attacks of September 11 were made possible, in part, by the fact that U.S. law enforcement had a bias that 'rich Saudis are safe Arabs.' Al Qaeda understood that bias and relied on it to operate freely in the United States for years, even when the terrorists were engaged in activities that the authorities considered suspicious.
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I have personally led, witnessed, and supervised waterboarding of hundreds of people.Malcolm Nance:
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For an old spy and codebreaker like myself, nothing in the world happens by coincidence.Malcolm Nance:
Intelligence officers are a peculiar lot. Whether they are active or retired, their brains are wire