A declassified CIA report from February 10, 1999, which focused on bin Ladin-related threats, claimed: “we have prevented the bombing of our Embassy in Tirana [Albania] and probably those [redacted] by running threats to ground.”
– CIA, “[Excised] Talking Points: CIA Operations Against Usama Bin Ladin,” (CIA), The Central Intelligence Agency’s 9/11 File:, The National Security Archive, Feb. 10, 1999