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Joe Lieberman: “The intelligence disconnect, some of which you described in your opening statement, Madam Chairman, that in part led to…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2003
The intelligence disconnect, some of which you described in your opening statement, Madam Chairman, that in part led to the September 11 terrorist attacks are an embarrassment that should never have happened in the first place and we must never allow to happen again.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut
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Feb 14, 2003

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Lieberman discusses the failures in intelligence that contributed to 9/11.

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