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Originally Posted by Omen

They might all be dead.

As for the rest of your post, aside from whoever was responsible for setting the explosives, the others are guilty of doing nothing. There are reports the intelligence community had wind of what was coming, yet didn't do anything.

Saw "The Special Relationship" on BBC2 the other night. Bit near the end with Clinton advising Blair he doesn't want to get into bed with the new Bush administration, saying (more or less) they play dirty.

The intelligence community had information from unreliable(at that time) sources saying there would be an attack probably hijackings etc.

Because the sources were deemed to be unreliable they werent acted upon correctly. Also the report from a low grade embassy field worker was pretty much put down to being overly cautious.

Yes intelligence assessors kind of screwed up.

As for anyone else aware of the scale of the attack, to know of such a crime and not inform the authorities is a crime, its a form of complicity in the attack and would at least catch an aiding and abetting charge.

Prior knowledge of a crime and failing to inform the relevant authorities is a crime.

As for Bush and Co playing dirty of course they did, look at the way they rigged elections. That doesnt mean they would knowlingly sacrifice thousands of lives in a conspiracy which could not only bring down their own administration but would also sully Americas reputation throughout its allies as well as the rest of the world.