According to a top secret report from Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet on March 19, 2004: “A June 30 [2001] SEIB [Senior Executive Intelligence Brief] article entitled ‘Bin Ladin Plans High Profile Attacks,’ [redacted] al-Qa’ida operatives expected their next round of attacks to have dramatic consequences.”
– 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