But our intelligence community failed to connect those dots, which would have placed the suspect on the "no fly" list.
He "appears to be fabricating in this stream of reporting", the burn notice read.Mr Drogin points out that, in the aftermath of September 11th 2001, critics lambasted American intelligence for failing to "connect the dots that might have prevented the terrorist attacks".
I was immediately taken with his intelligence and ability to connect with people.
We need to zoom our lens on the area calling for attention, pan our lens to take in the big picture, then use our intelligence and intuition to connect the dots in-between.
Just yesterday, the company introduced an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to connect with patients and field medical questions for doctors.
The American president said there had been enough evidence from various parts of the intelligence system to prevent the bomber from boarding the plane in Amsterdam, but that intelligence officers had "failed to connect those dots".
The police and intelligence services had failed to connect the cases and find any suspects, until last November.
Marc will be best remembered for his personal integrity, incisive humor and intelligence; he knew how to connect with people.
The first two, he said, are high intelligence and the ability to connect disparate issues in a larger framework.
