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‘We’re at September 10, 2001’: Retired colonel who was at the Pentagon on 9/11 warns the same threat is inside the country

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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States that robbed 2,977 innocent people of their lives. Col. Rob Maness was inside the Pentagon that horrific day. On this episode of “Rufo & Lomez,” BlazeTV hosts Christopher Rufo and Jonathan Keeperman sit down with the retired Air Force colonel to hear insider details of a day America will never forget. “Colonel, it’s been 25 years since that day. What is your general reflection looking back after all these years?” Rufo asks. America today, warns Maness, is in the same vulnerable position it was on September 10, 2001. Between “importing hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of [Islamists] over the last 25 years with a very poor vetting process” and corrupt “intelligence agencies,” Maness says he’s “very concerned” for the country, because "in many ways, we're at September 10, 2001." “A lot of us were sort of younger when this happened. It's a kind of fuzzy memory. … Just kind of walk us through what it w