In April 2002, Deputy Director for CIA Operations Javes L. Pavitt said: ” ‘Against that degree of control, that kind of compartmentalization, that depth of discipline and fanaticism, I personally doubt…that anything short of one of the knowledgeable inner circle personnel or hijackers turning himself in to us would have given us sufficient foreknowledge to have prevented the horrendous slaughter that took place on [September] the 11th.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Bill Gertz, Breakdown, Page 80