On July 20, 2001, “as the G-8 leaders met in Genoa [Italy]… Egyptian intelligence warned the CIA of a potential suicide attack, in which hijackers might try to crash a plane into one of the host buildings at the summit. Believing the threat credible, the Agency reportedly asked the Italian military to ring the summit site with surface-to-air missiles.”
– Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 409