The director of National Intelligence was ultimately responsible for the failure of the various U.S.intelligence agencies to coordinate the information about Al-Qaeda before the terrorist attacks on September 11,2001.

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The position of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) was created in 2004, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, in response to the failure to coordinate intelligence. Prior to this, there was no single official overseeing all U.S. intelligence agencies.

The Director of National Intelligence Was Ultimately Responsible for the Failure