According to a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief titled, ‘Terrorism: Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats’ on June 25, 2001: “[Redacted] expect Usama Bin Ladin to launch multiple attacks over the coming days. – CIA, “Terrorism: Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats,” (Senior Executive Intelligence Brief), The Central Intelligence Agency’s 9/11 File:, The National […]
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6/25/2001
“On June 25 [2001], [counterterrorism czar Richard] Clarke cited six separate reports of al-Qaeda plotting; three days later he added that terrorist activity ‘had reached a crescendo.’ At the same time the CIA was instructing all station chiefs to warn host governments around the world and to seek their help in disrupting terrorist cells.” – […]
6/25/2001
” ‘I want a way to bring this guy [bin Laden] down,’ [President] Bush told his advisers in the White House…as he reviewed the threat reports. But when [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice met with Pakistan’s foreign minister in late June [2001], she only repeated the stale warning that Pakistan would ultimately be judged by […]
6/24/2001
According to an Associated Press article on June 24, 2001: “When the United States reiterated its long-standing complaints [about the threat of Osama bin Laden] to the Taliban, a Foreign Ministry official replied that bin Laden was under the Taliban’s ‘tight control’ and had no facilities for such terrorist activities.” – Daniel Benjamin and Steven […]
6/24/2001
“The Arabic satellite channel Middle East Broadcasting Corp. [MBC] footage shown Sunday [June 24, 2001] showed a cross-legged bin Laden sitting on a couch along with a companion and MBC reporter Bakr Atyani. Bin Laden seemed ‘happy with the talk of his aides, who said that the coming weeks will hold important surprises that will […]
6/24/2001
A Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) report on June 24, 2001, focused on a MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) TV interview with Usamah Bin-Ladin: “The followers of Usamah Bin-Ladin are conducting continuous military maneuvers and training in the desert of Afghanistan in preparation for a military strike against US interests in the world. …In the […]
6/23/2001
A SEIB (Senior Executive Intelligence Brief) headline on June 23, 2001, read: “Bin Laden Attacks May Be Imminent.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 152 […]
6/23/2001
“Under [vice president Dick] Cheney, Halliburton ‘held stakes in two firms that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq,’ The Washington Post revealed [on June 23, 2001].” – Amy Goodman with David Goodman, The Exception to the Rulers, Page 67 […]
6/23/2001
“In mid-June 2001 bin Laden and his top military commander, Mohammed Atef…dropped broad hints that a major attack was in the works, during a meeting they held in Kandahar [Afghanistan] with Bakr Atyani, a correspondent for the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation. Atef said that ‘in the next few weeks we will carry out a big […]
6/23/2001
Middle East Broadcasting Centre reporter Baker Atyani was invited to meet with bin Laden near Kandahar, Afghanistan. As he reported on June 23, 2001, “bin Laden specified in his invitation that he would discuss his latest pledge of loyalty to [Taliban leader] Mullah [Mohammad] Omar. When Atyani arrived, the script changed. ‘In the next few […]