According to a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief titled, ‘Terrorism: Bin Laden Planning High Profile Attacks [Excised]’ on June 30, 2001: “Operatives linked to Usama Bin Ladin’s organization [al-Qa’ida] expect the near-term attacks they are planning to have dramatic consequences, such as [redacted] major casualties. [Redacted] uproar in two weeks. [Redacted] Arabian Peninsula as a likely […]
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6/30/2001
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 […]
6/30/2001
“A CIA report on June 30 [2001] was captioned ‘Bin Laden Planning High-Profile Attacks,’ and said they were expected in the near term and to have ‘dramatic consequences of catastrophic proportions.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 176 […]
6/30/2001
On June 30, 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Saudi King Abdullah at the George V Hotel in Paris, France. “The king showed the secretary a file containing photos of dead and wounded Palestinians who had been killed or injured by the Israelis in the intifada. His voice trembling with anger, he kept […]
6/30/2001
“On June 30 [2001] an agency [CIA] briefing was headlined ‘Bin Laden Planning High Profile Attacks.’ “ – Thomas Powers, The Military Error, Page 32 […]
6/30/2001
A SEIB (Senior Executive Intelligence Brief) headline on June 30, 2001, read: “Bin Laden Planning High Profile Attacks.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 152 […]
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 […]
6/28/2001
“On June 28 [2001], CIA Director George Tenet sent a written communiqué to [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice. ‘It is highly likely,’ he wrote, ‘that a significant al Qaeda attack is in the near future–within several weeks.’ ” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 405 […]
6/28/2001
On June 28, 2001, counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke wrote to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice that the pattern of activity suggesting an attack by al Qaeda over the previous six weeks ” ‘had reached a crescendo.’ ” He was convinced that ” ‘a major attack or series of attacks is likely in July.’ One al […]
6/28/2001
Former CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “On June 28, 2001–[Counterterrorism Center chief] Cofer Black and I sat down for a briefing on the state of the global terrorism threat. …[The] June 28 briefing concluded with a PowerPoint slide saying, ‘Based on a review of all source reporting, we believe that Usama Bin Ladin will launch […]