Friday News Dump? U.S. Had Intel on Chemical Strike Before It Was Launched

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108. kpete,

we do both want peace in the region and everywhere else.

But I think you've reached the wrong conclusion here. Remember how Sybil Edmonds was called in to translate recorded communications AFTER 9/11?

I think the article you posted is saying basically the same thing. That the US "collected streams" of data before the attack doesn't mean it ALSO translated and analyzed them for content. The CIA no doubt has thousands of "streams" being collected around the world at any given moment, but they aren't sitting there and listening to and translating each one in real time.

Read the paragraphs again. They "collected" the streams -- that's in the past tense. But now they "assess" and "reveal" -- that's present tense. After the attack they looked at their data, had it translated and analyzed -- and now they can see what led up to the attack.

This is also what happened after the Boston marathon. They weren't following this guy every second, but they were "collecting" his communications. After the bombing they went back and looked at them and determined that the brothers were acting alone.