CIA Releases Dozens of Presidential Daily Briefs on Bin Laden and Al-Qaida Before Sept. 11
- On Friday, the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the CIA released 71 declassified documents detailing intelligence gathered on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people.
- Spanning from 1998 to 2001, the documents include a file regarding 'Terrorists seeking WMD capability' and reports illustrating how al-Qaida's 'flexible operational decision making' enabled the group to adjust plans to changing conditions.
- Proclaiming 'an act of exceptional transparency,' CIA Director John Ratcliffe described the files as the agency's single largest release of declassified presidential daily briefs provided to the nation's most senior leaders.
- Breaking with tradition during the commemorations, 9/11 widow Terry Strada urged President Donald Trump to hold Saudi Arabia accountable, stating 'Tell the Saudis to stop lying' about their alleged involvement.
- Strada argues the 'Operation Encore' lawsuit reveals critical evidence the FBI held within days of the attacks was never properly shared with the 9/11 Commission, though the Saudis deny complicity and are fighting the lawsuit in court.
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CIA declassifies briefs about Al-Qaeda on 9/11 anniversary
WASHINGTON, United States — The CIA released more than 70 presidential intelligence briefs related to al-Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The release provides “unprecedented transparency into America’s most sensitive intelligence publication from the years before and the day after one of the darkest moments in our history,” the CIA said in a statement. “The products trace the …
More than 70 declassified notes provide "unprecedented transparency on America's most sensitive intelligence record," one of which states that Al-Qaeda has been preparing an attack on the United States since 1998.
The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified more than 70 reports this Friday.
Declassified CIA documents, released 25 years after the September 11 attacks, reveal that US intelligence agencies were warned about al-Qaeda's intentions. The CIA has declassified about 70 briefing documents to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush dating back to the years before the terrorist attacks. Among them is a warning dated September 10, 1998, that al-Qaeda "may fly a plane loaded with explosives into an American city."
Washington, Sep 11 (EFE).- The CIA warned the White House for years about the threat posed by Al Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, to the United States, including possible aircraft attacks, but did not predict the attacks of September 11, 2001, according to declassified documents this Friday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The agency partially published 71 intelligence reports prepared for the presidents between Febr…
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