Anonymous wrote:It's not so straightforward. They receive billions of reports, signals, measurements, etc every day. The information very well may have been received. That isn't the same thing as analysts keying in on it, assessing it, forming a theory that hamas would attack, writing about it, and that writing reaching the political decision makers.
This is true. We knew about Pearl Harbor, but just didn't know when.
Anonymous wrote:Even the best of intelligence is not perfect. Yes, we need to do better. We need to examine what worked and what didn't. But we need to recognize our humanity and that nothing we do is going to be perfect.
Why do “we” need to do better? The Israelis need to do better. Israel is not part of the US. “We” are not responsible for Israel.
The American IC and military have a complicated relationship with Israel.