On October 2, 2001, “NATO’s secretary general, Lord Robertson, referring to the evidence presented by Frank X. Taylor, the United States ambassador at large, as ‘classified,’ said…’We know that the individuals who carried out these [9/11] attacks were part of the worldwide terrorist network of Al Qaeda, headed by Osama bin Laden and his key lieutenants and protected by the Taliban.’ ”
– Suzanne Daley, “NATO Says U.S. Has Proof Against bin Laden Group,” The New York Times, Oct. 3, 2001