Bungled Sting Operation a Factor in the 9/11 Attack?

"After we have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." -- Sherlock Holmes
"He who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news." -- Berthold Brecht
"The information provided by European intelligence services prior to 9/11 was so extensive that it is no longer possible for either the CIA or FBI to assert a defence of incompetence." -- John Loftis, former US federal prosecutor