A Failure of Imagination: Could 9/11 Happen Today?

A hijacked commercial plane crashes into the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. (SETH MCALLISTER/AFP via Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 10 September 2021 06:27 AM EDT ET

In the two decades since the 9/11 terror attacks, America has worked hard — critics say too hard, at times — to close the gaps in intelligence, security, and law enforcement that enabled al-Qaida militants to plan and execute the assault without detection, with those in charge of the homeland’s security vowing vigilance to ensure nothing like it happens again.

But two decades later ... could it happen again?

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In the two decades since the 9/11 terror attacks, America has worked hard - critics say too hard, at times - to close the gaps in intelligence, security, and law enforcement that enabled al-Qaida militants...
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