“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
“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
A SEIB (Senior Executive Intelligence Brief) headline on June 23, 2001, read: “Bin Laden Attacks May Be Imminent.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 152 […]
6/22/2001
“On June 22 [2001], U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East were once again placed on alert after NSA [National Security Agency] intercepted a conversation between two al Qaeda operatives in the region, which indicated that ‘a major attack was imminent.’ All U.S. Navy ships docked in Bahrain, homeport of the […]
6/22/2001
“On Friday [June 22, 2001], the CIA sent out a cable to all its stations. ‘Threat UBL [Usama Bin Laden] Attack Against US Interest Next 24-48 Hours.’ it said. The same day the FBI issued its own warning to its field offices in its daily ‘UBL/Radical Fundamentalist Threat Update.’ More CIA warnings continued on Saturday […]
6/22/2001
“A June 22 [2001 State Department] alert said the U.S. government had learned ‘that American citizens and interests abroad may be at increased risk of a terrorist action from extremist groups.’ ” – David Ruppe, “Who Did It? U.S. Searches for Terror Clues; Analysts See Signs of Osama Bin Laden,” ABC News, Sep. 12, 2001 […]
6/22/2001
On June 22, 2001, “the U.S. Central and European Command imposed Force Protection Condition Delta [the highest level of alert], out of concern about an imminent terrorist attack. That same day, chatter regarding terrorist attacks caused the Pentagon to pull U.S. Navy ships out of Bahrain.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 405 […]
6/22/2001
“On June 22, 2001, [presidential Advisor] Karl Rove addressed 160 members of the American Muslim Council on [President] Bush’s faith-based agenda in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building…The scheduled speaker had actually been [Vice President Dick] Cheney. But that morning, a front page headline in the Jerusalem Post read, ‘Cheney to Host Pro-Terrorist Muslim Group.’ Citing […]
6/22/2001
“June 22, 2001: FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] issues an information circular to private air carriers. ‘Although we have no specific information that this threat is directed at civil aviation, the potential for terrorist operations, such as an airline hijacking to free terrorists incarcerated in the U.S., remains a concern.’ ” – Gerald Posner, Why America […]
6/21/2001
“On June 21 [2001], the United States Central Command, which controls American military forces in the Persian Gulf, went to ‘delta’ alert–its highest level–for American troops in six countries in the region.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 153 […]