there is a great exploration of why government agencies could, in fact, NOT have prevented the 9/11 hijackings in the book I am currently reading [Where good id

there is a great exploration of why government agencies could, in fact, NOT have prevented the 9/11 hijackings in the book I am currently reading [Where good ideas come from, by Steven Johnson]. specifically in chapter 3, The Slow Hunch. The premise of his argument is that various individuals within government agencies had access to intelligence that pointed to a terrorist plot, but there was no collabortion between the individuals and so the pieces never got put together. Each agent had a different and unique view of the plot, but not the whole picture. The lack of communication and intel sharing between all of the various agents made it impossible to get grasp on the enormity and urgency of the situation, and so very little was done about it. The book itself is a very interesting read and I highly reccommend it.