Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet released a written statement for the Joint Inquiry Committee on October 17, 2002. It concluded: “Total success against such targets [as al-Qa’ida] is impossible. Some attackers will continue to get through us.”
– CIA, “Written Statement for the Record of the DCI,” (before the Joint Inquiry Committee, CIA), The Central Intelligence Agency’s 9/11 File:, The National Security Archive, Oct. 17, 2002