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| | CNN.com - Justice may probe leaked pre-9/11 intercepts - June 21, 2002 |
 | | Congressional and other sources said that in one communication intercepted by the NSA, a person said, "The match begins tomorrow." In another intercept that same day, a different person said, "Tomorrow is zero hour." In both instances, the two people who said those words were in Afghanistan, speaking to others in Saudi Arabia. |
 | | The NSA, which is the nation's eavesdropping intelligence agency, intercepts literally millions of communications each day and must prioritize which intercepts to translate immediately, which within days, and which within weeks. |
 | | U.S. officials said the communications intercepted September 10 would have been translated within 48 hours even if the attacks had not occurred, given the high level of interest in al Qaeda's activities. |
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