I read through the findings and this is the sentence that stuck out for me:
The United States persisted in observing the rule of law and accepted norms of international behavior, but Bin Ladin and al-Qa’ida recognized no rules and thrived in the safe haven provided by Afghanistan
I think we should have a “fill in the redacted material” contest for the report.
My entry: replace every instance of [—] with “Saudi Arabia” and you probably will get a pretty good approximation of the classified version of the report.
I read through the findings and this is the sentence that stuck out for me:
The United States persisted in observing the rule of law and accepted norms of international behavior, but Bin Ladin and al-Qa’ida recognized no rules and thrived in the safe haven provided by Afghanistan
I think we should have a “fill in the redacted material” contest for the report.
My entry: replace every instance of [—] with “Saudi Arabia” and you probably will get a pretty good approximation of the classified version of the report.
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