Much better information. Michael Shawyer ran the CIA's bin Laden unit in the late 1990s. One reason foreign governments may have had superior information is that The NSA frequently shared signals intelligence details with [foreign governments], details it withheld from our own CIA. signals intelligence is a type of espionage that deals with intercepting phone calls and radio communications. We needed the collection of signals intelligence out of Afghanistan. (18:30–18:37)
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Asserts that the NSA shared signals intelligence with foreign governments but withheld it from the CIA.
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