CIA Releases Dozens of Presidential Daily Briefs on Bin Laden and Al-Qaida Before Sept. 11
- On Friday, the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the CIA released 71 declassified documents detailing intelligence gathered on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people.
- Spanning from 1998 to 2001, the documents include a file regarding 'Terrorists seeking WMD capability' and reports illustrating how al-Qaida's 'flexible operational decision making' enabled the group to adjust plans to changing conditions.
- Proclaiming 'an act of exceptional transparency,' CIA Director John Ratcliffe described the files as the agency's single largest release of declassified presidential daily briefs provided to the nation's most senior leaders.
- Breaking with tradition during the commemorations, 9/11 widow Terry Strada urged President Donald Trump to hold Saudi Arabia accountable, stating 'Tell the Saudis to stop lying' about their alleged involvement.
- Strada argues the 'Operation Encore' lawsuit reveals critical evidence the FBI held within days of the attacks was never properly shared with the 9/11 Commission, though the Saudis deny complicity and are fighting the lawsuit in court.
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CIA warned the White House for years about Al Qaeda before the 9/11 attacks, according to declassified documents
These presidential intelligence notes relate to the jihadist group Al-Qaeda and its former leader Osama bin Laden.
These documents "retraces the history of the fluctuating understanding of CIA analysts about Al-Qaeda," the agency explained.
CIA releases never-before-seen warnings to Bush, Clinton about Al Qaeda
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Friday publicly released for the first time a tranche of daily intelligence briefings provided ahead of September 11, 2001 to former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton about Al Qaeda’s plans to commit terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. The intelligence agency released 71 declassified documents in what CIA…
The agency has partially published 71 intelligence reports prepared for the presidents between 13 February 1998 and 12 September 2001.
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