“Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in an interview today [October 2, 2001] with The New York Times, said [Bush] administration officials had been briefing allies on what he called ‘pretty good information’ establishing the link between the airplane attacks and bin Laden. But, he added, ‘it is not evidence in the form of a court case.’ …The secretary said the briefings spanned ‘the history of the organization and the fact that we have every right to go after them because they’ve already been indicted, al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, for past crimes against the United States and against civilization.’ ”
– Suzanne Daley, “NATO Says U.S. Has Proof Against bin Laden Group,” The New York Times, Oct. 3, 2001