Some of these communications look awfully intriguing. For instance, "In early September 2001, NSA intercepted [------] communications involving [------]. The communications discussed events that were to occur in the near term and appeared to be related to terrorism. In the first communication, [-----] [----] asked whether [-----] [-----] responded that [----------] [------------]." (The blanks refer to material that has been censored by the White House for security reasons.) "Another communication between [-----] and an unknown person [---], was a discussion of whether [----]." This is followed by three lines' worth of deletions. "NSA did not disseminate report regarding the communications until September 12 and 13, 2001." The congressional report goes on: "It remains unclear whether any of the September [----] conversations referred directly to the attack of September 11. Like the intelligence reporting described earlier, these intercepts did not provide any indication of where or what terrorist activities might occur." Still, it adds, in a much-quoted passage, "The Intelligence Community failed to capitalize on both the individual and collective significance of available information that appears related to the events of September 11. As a result, the community missed opportunities to disrupt the September 11 plot … or at l east to try to unravel the plot through surveillance and other investigative work … and finally to generate a heightened sense of alert."