Update Dec. 28, 2013: In a new decision in support of the NSA's phone metadata surveillance program, U.S. district court Judge William Pauley cites an intelligence failure involving the agency in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks. But the judge's cited source, the 9/11 Commission Report, doesn't actually include the account he gives in the ruling.
Judge on NSA Case Cites 9/11 Report, But It Doesn’t Actually Support His Ruling
U.S. district court Judge William Pauley makes faulty reference to 9/11 report, while experts say the NSA could have avoided the pre-9/11 failure even without the metadata surveillance program.