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August 16th, 2011

FBI creates website detailing its 10-year long response to Sept. 11

By the numbers: How the FBI responded to 9/11

7,000 agents aided in the recovery and investigation

500,000 investigative leads responded to by agents

167,000 interviews conducted by agents

5 FBI dogs participated in search for Pentagon survivors

1,600 small or damaged pieces of paper examined

126,600 finger-print comparisons conducted

35 terabytes of data investigated by computer experts in first 30 days

170,000 images snapped by photographers

1.8 million tons of debris sifted through for remains of victims

Source fbi.gov

Reblogged from Perilous

May 11th, 2011

In case you missed it, watch last night’s FRONTLINE, Kill/Capture: Inside the military’s extraordinary secret campaign to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.

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