“The headline of a June 30 [2001] briefing to top officials was stark: ‘Bin Ladin Planning High-Profile Attacks.’ The report stated that Bin Ladin operatives expected near-term attacks to have dramatic consequences of catastrophic proportions. That same day, Saudi Arabia declared its highest level of terror alert.” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Pages […]
6/30/2001
A SEIB (Senior Executive Intelligence Brief) headline on June 30, 2001, read: “Bin Laden Threats Are Real.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 152 […]
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 […]
6/30/2001
“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
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
“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 […]
6/29/2001
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
President George W. Bush on the efficeient use of technology: “And we’re very aggressive about promoting energy star. I’m a strong supporter of the program, because there are millions of Americans who want to make the right choices, who want to help this nation become less dependent on foreign sources of crude oil, who want this […]
6/28/2001
On June 28, 2001, “the CIA issued what was called an Alert Memorandum, which stated that the latest intelligence indicated the probability of imminent al Qaeda attacks that would ‘have dramatic consequences on governments or cause major casualties.’ ” – Matthew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry, Page 214 […]
6/28/2001
“On June 28 [2001], [counterterrorism czar Richard] Clarke wrote [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice that Al Qaeda activity suggesting an imminent attack ‘had reached a crescendo. …A series of new reports continue to convince me and [intelligence] analysts at [the Department of] State, CIA, D.I.A. [Defense Intelligence Agency] and NSA [National Security Agency] that a […]