A quarter-century after the September 11 attacks reshaped the world, Western intelligence agencies stand at a familiar crossroads: better connected than ever, yet still prone to the deeper failure of not understanding what their gathered knowledge truly means. From the ashes of 2001 emerged fusion centers, new oversight bodies, and deepened alliances, but the Iraq WMD catastrophe, the rise of China and Russia's military ambitions, and a trail of human rights abuses remind us that coordination is not the same as wisdom. The enduring lesson of 9/11 is not merely about sharing information — it is
25 Years After 9/11: How Intelligence Agencies Still Grapple With Strategic Failures
2,977 people died in the 9/11 attacks; 52 killed in the 2005 London 7/7 bombings; hundreds detained without trial at Guantanamo Bay; MI6 complicity in rendition and torture of Abdelhakim Belhaj.
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