Twenty-Five Years On: Has 9/11's wake-up call transformed intelligence?
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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, this analysis examines how Western intelligence evolved from a failure of imagination to enhanced information sharing and reorganized structures (US DNI, NCTC, Five Eyes), while acknowledging continuing failures (Iraq WMD missteps, 7/7) and new threats from China and Russia; it also highlights the moral and legal tensions of counter-terrorism, and notes that advances in AI and quantum computing will demand strategic interpretation as much as data collection.
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