CIA Releases Dozens of Presidential Daily Briefs on Bin Laden and Al-Qaida Before Sept. 11
CIA Director John Ratcliffe called it the agency’s largest release of declassified presidential daily briefs related to 9/11.
- 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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NEW CIA documents reveal that US presidents received serious warnings about Al-Qaeda's threats to planes for years before 9/11.
CIA releases 9/11-era briefs with warning of possible aircraft attack
The CIA has released presidential intelligence briefs from the 9/11 era that warned of Al-Qaeda plotting to use aircraft in attacks on the United States. Read More: https://punchng.com/cia-releases-9-11-era-briefs-with-warning-of-possible-aircraft-attack/
CIA declassifies intel warnings to White House prior to 9/11 attack
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The now-infamous warning to then-President Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September 10, 1998: A group associated with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden “may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city.”In the end, there were no explosives. Just four
CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept. 11 – WTOP News
Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended American national security. The documents illustrate security analysts’ tracking of bin Laden’s movements and support system,...
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