Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold

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The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at homeAs clear as that cloudless September morning, Jenna Jacobs McPartland remembers the moment everything changed. “I was cleaning the bathroom and watching the Today show in the background and nine months pregnant,” the 52-year-old recalls by phone. “I think they were showing ‘Today throws a wedding’ when the news broke in.”A plane had hit the north