6/29/2001

According to a top secret report from Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet on March 19, 2004: “On June 29, 2001, our [CIA] analysts published a piece in the SEIB [Senior Executive Intelligence Brief] entitled ‘Terrorism: Bin Ladin Threats Are Real’ which concluded that recent indications of near-term attacks were not part of a disinformation campaign, but were consistent with other reporting and public statements by Bin Ladin.”

 – CIA, “DCI Report: The Rise of UBL and Al-Qa’ida and the Intelligence Community Response,” (Draft, CIA Analytic Report), The Central Intelligence Agency’s 9/11 File:, The National Security Archive, March 19, 2004