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USS Cole is the story America was told to forget. We didn't, and now neither will you.

The Bush administration's explanation for not responding to the USS Cole attack was that it was 'stale' by the time they took office.

The failure to act on intelligence about bin Laden caught up with the U.S. when the USS Cole was attacked by a suicide bomber in 2000.

The USS Cole bombing in Yemen was an early warning of Al-Qaeda's intentions, which were ignored by the U.S. government, leading to 9/11.

On July 10th, 2001, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism deputy, Jay Kofer Black, were alarmed by intelligence pointing to an impending attack by Al-Qaeda.

What if I told you 9/11 could have been prevented? Because the truth is, the warning shot came a year earlier, 25 years ago today, October 12, 2000. The USS Cole, a billion-dollar Navy destroyer, was ripped open by an al-Qaeda suicide bombing in Yemen. 17 American sailors were murdered, dozens more wounded. Washington called it a criminal act. In reality, it was Al-Qaeda's declaration of war, and America ignored it.