Examples of Joint Inquiry in a sentence
One intelligence source informed the Joint Inquiry that “a closely held intelligence report” for “senior government officials” in August 2001 stated that bin Laden was seeking to conduct attacks in the U.S., that Al Qaeda maintained a support structure there, and that information obtained in May 2001 indicated that a group of bin Laden supporters were planning attacks in the United States with explosives.
Rather than having a galvanizing effect, however, the Joint Inquiry record suggests that the Intelligence Community continued to be fragmented without a comprehensive strategy for combating Bin Ladin.
In reviewing the documents, interview reports, and witness testimony gathered during this Inquiry, the Joint Inquiry has sought to determine what information was available to the Intelligence Community prior to September 11, 2001 that was relevant tothe attacks that occurred on that day.
It should be noted that this Joint Inquiry had the specific charter to review the activities of the Intelligence Community and was limited to approximately one year’s duration.
Accordingly, the Joint Inquiry and the 9/11 Commission as well as others have urged that there should be a single senior official, having the title Director of National Intelligence or National Intelligence Director, responsible for managing the entire Intelligence Community, including NSA, the NRO, and the NGA along with the CIA and other intelligence entities.
In February 2002, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence agreed to conduct a Joint Inquiry into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection with the terrorist attacks perpetrated against our nation on September 11, 2001.
To provide that context, a detailed description of the hearings and investigative work of the Joint Inquiry is contained in Part II of this report.1 * This is the unclassified version of the original classified report that was approved by the Joint Inquiry.
In addition, the Joint Inquiry Staff has reviewed almost 500,000 pages of relevant documents from the Intelligence Community agencies and other sources, of which about 100,000 pages have been selected for incorporation into the Joint Inquiry’s records.
But as the Congressional Joint Inquiry records, the Counterterrorist Center never fulfilled this vi- sion.
As former Representative Lee Hamilton emphasized in testimony before our Joint Inquiry, this is a significant unmet need within the Intelligence Community.