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The [[Bush Administration]] has subsequently been confronted with a stream of revelations about failure by government agencies and officials to respond to intelligence leads and warnings about the possibility of a [[terrorist]] attack.
These failings have fuelled many [[conspiracy theories]]. The most official and convenient of these was that [[Saddam Hussein]] was responsible. The [[9/11 Commission Report]] Report notes that shortly after the attacks, Paul Wolfowitz "argued that Iraq was ultimately the source of the terrorist problem and should therefore be attacks. [Colin] [[Colin Powell|Powell]] [later] said that Wolfowitz was not able to justify his belief that Iraq was behind 9/11."[http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch10.htm] The Bush administration repeatedly and publicly suggested a link between Iraq and 9/11, but generally was careful not to explicitly state that there was such a connection. After the invasion, they were willing to publicly assert that there was no such connection. Shortly before the invasion, a poll indicated that 45% of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein had conspired to cause the attacks.[http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0314/p02s01-woiq.html] Approximately a third of Americans still believe this.[http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13081]
Another popular conspiracy theory maintains that the U.S. government was complicit in the attacks either in causing them or in intentionally permitting them. One form of this theory asserts:
