Frontline Facts and Questions

Facts:

1. President Bush was ready to spend any amount of money to fund the war.
2. The United States wanted to fight a secret war.
3. The CIA started setting up the secret war on 9/11.
4. The CIA studied Al Qaeda more than any other defense or intelligence agency.
5.Greystone was a new way of fighting a war, that didn't apply to any previous military strategy.
6. The CIA went into Afghanistan first and fought through the shadows with the help of locals.
7. This was the largest covert operation since the Cold War.
8. More than a dozen countries were involved in the secret war.
9.Some terrorists were hidden and tortured in a system of prisons operated by the CIA.
10. The Defense Department started do missions that resembled the CIA's operations.

Questions:

1. Will the government stop monitoring phone calls and emails?
2. How does the government keep the hidden security buildings safe and from being discovered?
3. Would a National Intelligence Director be able to effectively monitor every intelligence agency?
4. Why are there so many turnovers with the office of the DNI?
5. Will top secret America ever return to being overt?
6. What countries are involved in the secret war?
7. What made us consider attacking Iraq before the idea of weapons of mass destruction?
8. How do other countries feel about the War on Terror?
9. Will the American public ever know the full extent of the secret war and what the government is involved in?
10. Is the increase of security making our nation truly safe or overly paranoid?