The FBI issued an advisory on July 18, 2001. ” ‘We’re concerned about threats as a result of the millennium plot conviction,’ the advisory says, referring to the July 13 conviction of an Algerian accused of being part of a plot to detonate a suitcase bomb at Los Angeles International Airport.” – Gerald Posner, Why […]
7/18/2001
“In late July [2001], as the G-8 Summit approached in Genoa, Italy, there was another spike in the [terrorism] threat level. The head of Russia’s Federal Bodyguard Service reported that Osama bin Laden had directly targeted President [George W.] Bush for assassination at the Summit. CIA Director [George] Tenet expressed concern about the Genoa meeting, […]
7/18/2001
“In its annual budget request, the FBI asked for a sizeable budget increase for only one of its divisions–counterterrorism. But on July 18 [2001], [Attorney General John] Ashcroft sent a letter to [acting FBI Director Thomas] Pickard saying the request had been turned down and that several FBI divisions faced budget cuts, including counterterrorism.” – […]
7/15/2001
“Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by senior American officials in mid-July [2001] that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October. Mr. Naik said US officials told him of the plan at a UN-sponsored international contact group on Afghanistan which took place in Berlin. Mr. Naik told […]
7/15/2001
In July 2001, “the CIA had learned that in Afghanistan ‘everyone is talking about an impending attack [on America].’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 66 […]
7/15/2001
In the midst of the spike of terrorist threats in July 2001, “Steve Cambone, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, asked [CIA Director George] Tenet if he had ‘considered the possibility that al-Qa’ida’s threats were just a grand deception, a clever ploy to tie up our resources and expend our energies on a phantom enemy […]
7/15/2001
In July 2001, “the United States and the United Nations ignored warnings from a secret Taliban emissary that Osama bin Laden was planning a huge attack on American soil. The warnings were delivered by an aide of Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, the Taliban Foreign Minister at the time, who was known to be deeply unhappy with […]
7/15/2001
In an interrogation of Tunisian al Qaeda recruit Nizar Trabelsi that was conducted by Belgian police in June 2002, Trabelsi said: ” ‘During the rally [at an al Qaeda training camp outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan] [in July 2001] an alliance between [Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader] Ayman Zawahiri and bin Laden was made against the Americans […]
7/15/2001
“The United States ignored a clear warning in July last year [2001] from the emissary of a Taliban leader that Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network was planning a major attack on U.S. soil… It said an emissary acting for then-Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil warned both the United States consul general in Pakistan, […]
7/13/2001
According to a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief titled, ‘Terrorism: Bin Ladin Plans Delayed but Not Abandoned [Excised]’ on July 13, 2001: “[Redacted] results could still be expected [redacted] US security measures would delay operations [redacted] but that plans to attack are still in train.” – CIA, “Terrorism: Bin Ladin Plans Delayed but Not Abandoned [Excised],” […]