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Lee Hamilton: “Poor information sharing was the single greatest failure of our government in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks.”

On the recordNovember 7, 2005
Poor information sharing was the single greatest failure of our government in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks.
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Lee Hamilton
Indiana

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Hamilton emphasized the critical failure of information sharing before 9/11.

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