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The Bin Laden Files, Part 2/3: Take The Shot

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

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The CIA's Strategic Warning to Policymakers

Before 9-11, the real purpose of the CIA is to provide strategic warning to policymakers so they can make policy decisions in an informed way. Peter Bergen: The CIA could do very little if its warnings went unheeded. He says it made a fatal mistake when it failed to notify the FBI that two individuals had entered the United States and were living there under another name. Bergen: Never again would Gina Bennett and her colleagues be feud with suspicion for their unheeded warnings.

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