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September 12, 2001: Secretary of State Powell Claims No Evidence Specific Intelligence of Attack Was Missed

2001-09-12

Secretary of State Colin Powell states, “In the first 24 hours of analysis, I have not seen any evidence that there was a specific signal that we missed.… In this case, we did not have intelligence of anything of this scope or magnitude.” [Washington File, 9/12/2001]