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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by mattzito on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:12PM (#33446024)
Well, those folks had to spend a few years planning, take flying lessons, dry run everything a few times, and then pull off the most complicated and coordinated terrorist attack in US history.

The actual bomb planning for the Oklahoma City bombing was less than a year and involved two people. So, seems like the bar was raised quite a bit.

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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by Teever on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:25AM (#33447732)
Do you think that the bar was raised a bit or that the 9/11 terrorists set their sights a little higher?
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Re:Justice Dept Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic C... by beenBoutIT on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:51AM (#33448180)
You're giving the 9/11 terrorists far too much credit. They were supported/financed by the Saudis[0] and America dropping the ball was the only reason they succeeded.

It's not so much a big victory for the terrorists as a big black eye for America and our intelligence agencies.

One of the 9/11 pilots was reported to Federal agencies multiple times[1] and the hijacking still took place.

[0]https://theintercept.com/2021/09/11/september-11-saudi-arabi...

[1]https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91659&page=1

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