Spies, strategies and missed opportunities: How the lessons of 9/11 are still being learnt

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What happened

Twenty-five years on, the attacks have come to define a generation of foreign, security and intelligence policy, the BBC's security correspondent writes.

Key facts

  • Reported by BBC News and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:53:06 UTC.

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