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US Spies Expected Airline Bombs–And Got The Paris Attacks Instead

Off Guard

Everyone worried that al Qaeda’s deadliest affiliate would try to take down a plane. Then came the slaughter at Charlie Hebdo.

Shane Harris
Shane Harris
Shane Harris

Shane Harris

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