Many have questioned how it’s possible that two of the premiere intelligence superpowers in the world failed to get advance knowledge of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack
Commentary
Following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, there has been intense debate on what seems like a colossal intelligence failure on both Israel’s and the United States’ part. Many have questioned how it’s possible that two of the premier intelligence superpowers in the world failed to get advance knowledge of the attack.
Ample Warning
Ric Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence under then-President Donald Trump, said on a Nov. 10, 2023,
podcast with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that he estimates that the hands-on intelligence gathering people probably did know and had raised red flags but that higher-ups may have played down the warnings because of political or conceptual biases or considerations. He said he had encountered this phenomenon all the time in the U.S. intelligence community.
