Argument Essay On September 11, 2001, was the day of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Terrorists hijacked four mid-flight planes, two of them hitting and destroying the Twin towers, nearly killing 3,000 people. One attacking the pentagon and the fourth hitting somewhere in Pennsylvania. Such agencies could have been partially in fault for responsibility of this tragic event. Because of failures in communications, coordination, and command, the FBI, CIA and airport security were partially at fault of 9/11. Back in ‘93, a bombing occured in the basement of the Twin Towers by terrorists. A bomb rips through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and injuring almost 700. On 21 December …show more content…
According to Robert Mueller, director of Federal Bureau Investigation, claims “The mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, tribal, and international agencies and partners. The FBI’s number one priority in this mission continues to be the prevention of terrorist attacks against the United States. To improve its ability to detect and disrupt those with the intent and capability to conduct attacks in the United States, the FBI has undergone a paradigm shift in the way we collect and use intelligence.” Without the FBI doing their job in preventing terrorists attacks, the nation can undergo a lot of danger. Just like in the previous examples above. The quote helps support the lack of intelligence the FBI should have realized. Considering there being a warning from 95’, they should have looked into it more. More evidence to support this is But this isn’t the only reason of their lacking intelligence