CIA missed chances to tackle al-Qaida:14 US troops die in copter crash in Iraq

Published: August 22, 2007, 10:30 am

CIA missed chances to tackle al-Qaida WASHINGTON - The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida and missed crucial opportunities to thwart two hijackers in the run-up to Sept. 11, the agency's own watchdog concluded in a bruising report released Tuesday. Completed in June 2005 and kept classified until now, the 19-page executive summary finds extensive fault with the actions of senior CIA leaders and others beneath them. The agency and its officers did not discharge their responsibilities in a satisfactory manner, the CIA inspector general found. They did not always work effectively and cooperatively, the report stated. Yet the review team led by Inspector General John Helgerson found neither a single point of failure nor a silver bullet that would have stopped the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. In a statement, CIA Director Michael Hayden said the decision to release the report was

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