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by BWStearns 327 days ago
> Some 9/11 attackers were CIA assets and protected from FBI/police scrutiny as such

Citation seriously needed. This is untrue unless the words you are using are not to be understood in any sense common to English speakers. The most generous fact based interpretation I can give it is that Saudi financiers were underscrutinized for political reasons, resulting in missed opportunities to stop the attacks. The actual attackers were not CIA nor FBI assets.

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> The most generous fact based interpretation I can give it is that Saudi financiers were underscrutinized for political reasons, resulting in missed opportunities to stop the attacks.

We more or less agree. "Asset" does not mean card-carrying CIA agent.