Seymour Hersh asks What Went Wrong: the CIA and the failure of American intelligence — “After more than two weeks of around-the-clock investigation into the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the American intelligence community remains confused, divided, and unsure about how the terrorists operated, how many there were, and what they might do next.” The ominous implication of this review of the failure and unpreparedness of the CIA etc. is the likelihood that the war plan that led to the attacks includes a next round. Because the perpetrators could expect that a security crackdown would ensue, one CIA source opines, “whatever they’ve planned for the next round they had in place already.” What’s a CIA to do?

The New Yorker