‘The US administration had very specific information about Osama Bin Laden, his whereabouts, details of his al-Qaeda network and the degree of Pakistani military and security involvement in Afghanistan as far back as March, courtesy of the Russians, but still elected to take no action. The latest issue of Jane’s Intelligence Review, published from London, says that Moscow’s Permanent Mission at the United Nations “submitted an unprecedentedly detailed report” to the UN Security Council six months before the American atrocities.

According to Alex Standish, the editor of the Review, the attacks of September 11 were less of an American intelligence failure and more the result of US inaction based on “a political decision not to act against Bin Laden”.’ The Times of India