Credible warnings and false alarms: US intelligence before September 11

¶ … Credible Warnings or False Alarms? What the U.S. Knew on September 10, 2001'

This case study is to be based upon the understanding and evaluation of the case 'Credible Warnings or False Alarms? What the U.S. Knew on September 10, 2001'. This case entails a detailed time line and research about the possible warnings that seemingly existed a day before the 9/11 incident in the U.S.A. The case study will focus on breaking down the events that occurred before that incident and carry out analysis and research to determine the possible events that could have been used to predict the occurrence of this terrorist plot and what events were irrelevant and could have been considered false alarms leading up to this catastrophe.

The Introduction

The case study on this subject matter would start with an introduction on the case on which the study is based, outlining the salient features of the case and stating the expectations from this research paper. The strategy to portray this problem through the case study would be discussed here in a clear and focused manner, explaining a brief background behind the actual case. This part would help in developing the concept of critical thinking and analytical skills as it would provide the user of the case study a starting ground towards the problem of the case. Moreover, this part would provide a thesis statement that clearly defines the research objective of this case study. This statement should provide about a description of determining the events that actually linked up as considerable warnings, from a mass of information that the U.S. intelligence agencies had obtained, with the 9/11 attack.

The Background of the Case

Detailed background information of the case would have to be provided as the next part. This section would describe the events that happened in the buildup towards the attack on 10th September, 2001 by Al-Qaeda. An explanation would be required of the concept that details about how the organization worked and in what manner did it interact with people within the organization itself and with those of other organizations. As provided by the case, this section should begin with a history of the mastermind behind the attacks, Osama Bin Laden and the organization itself, preferably with the aid of a research report (Rollins, 2011). This background information should include the reasons that could have made the organization become stronger and more lethal to the United States and its people after its inception. Moreover, a description of attacks all over the globe in the recent years before the attack in 2001 are to be described here and emphasis is to be given to those attacks that led to the U.S. intelligence services to become aware of a possible strike in planning by the terrorists of Al-Qaeda.

Followed by this would be the factors that made it possible for the terrorist outfit to enter the country without coming under the radar of the intelligence authorities. This section would focus on the immigration and public policies that existed prior to the 9/11 attacks. An explanation of the concept of connections between the public policy making, public decisions and policy making theories and their impacts on the society would have to be given using a thorough detail of the pre-9/11 policies in place, which could be reviewed from an external source (R.Rosenblum, 2011). The research regarding this concept would provide information upon the matter in detail, such as the impact of the old policies towards creating the new public policies, especially in relation to immigration. Additionally, the policy making and implementation aspects of public administration in the United States would be highlighted via the research conducted. The research would present an understanding of the functions of policy making whilst looking at the existing system in place.

The Research Analysis

After presenting the background information, links between the events that occurred before the 9/11 attack would be analyzed. This analysis would help in determining the events that could have been considered as credible warnings by the U.S. intelligence agencies in detecting a possible attack on 10th September, 2001. Various theories would have to be reviewed using research data obtained to describe the results of the research paper. The concept of acquiring basic skills to be intelligent and critical consumers of quantitative information would also be achieved through this analysis, which would help in understand the information gathered in statistical fashion as well.