The Central Intelligence Agency 9/11 File: Hundreds of Secret Agency Documents on Osama Bin Laden Declassified
read it for yourself, so many people owe me an apology
Excerpt from "DCI UBL Update," Central Intelligence Agency, July 20, 1999.
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File
Top Secret CIA Documents on Osama bin Laden Declassified
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 381
Posted - June 19, 2012
Edited by Barbara Elias-Sanborn with Thanks to Archive Senior Fellow Jeffrey T. Richelson
For more information contact:
Barbara Elias-Sanborn - 202/994-7000
belias@gwu.edu
Washington, D.C., June 19, 2012 – The National
Security Archive today is posting over 100 recently released CIA
documents relating to September 11, Osama bin Laden, and U.S.
counterterrorism operations. The newly-declassified records, which the
Archive obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, are referred to
in footnotes to the
9/11 Commission Report and present an unprecedented public resource for information about September 11.
The collection includes rarely released CIA emails, raw
intelligence cables, analytical summaries, high-level briefing
materials, and comprehensive counterterrorism reports that are usually
withheld from the public because of their sensitivity. Today's posting
covers a variety of topics of major public interest, including
background to al-Qaeda's planning for the attacks; the origins of the
Predator program now in heavy use over Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran;
al-Qaeda's relationship with Pakistan; CIA attempts to warn about the
impending threat; and the impact of budget constraints on the U.S.
government's hunt for bin Laden.
Today's posting is the result of a series of FOIA
requests by National Security Archive staff based on a painstaking
review of references in the
9/11 Commission Report.
DOCUMENT HIGHLIGHTS
The documents released by CIA detail the meticulousness of
al-Qaeda's plot against the United States and CIA attempts to counter
the rising terrorist threat. A previously undisclosed raw intelligence
report that became the basis for the December 4, 1998, President's Daily
Brief notes that five years before the actual attack, al-Qaeda
operatives had successfully evaded security at a New York airport in a
test-run for bin Laden's plan to hijack a U.S. airplane. [
1998-12-03].
CIA analytical reports also provide interesting insights into
al-Qaeda's evolving political strategies. "In
our view, the hijackers were carefully selected with an eye to
their operational and political value. For instance, the large number of
Saudi nationals was
most likely chosen not only because of the ease with which Saudi
nationals could get US visas but also because Bin Ladin could send a
message to the Saudi
Royal family." [
2003-06-01]
Reports on early attempts to apprehend bin Laden detail the beginning
of the U.S. Predator drone program in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "First
Predator
mission over Afghanistan [excised] September 7, 2000."
[1]
"Twice in the fall of 2000,
the Predator observed an individual most likely to be Bin Ladin;
however we had no way at the time to react to this information." [
2004-03-19]
American UAVs did not have sufficient weapons capabilities at the time
the CIA likely spotted bin Laden in 2000 to fire on the suspect using
the UAV.
Al-Qaeda's ties to Pakistan before September 11 are also noted in
several documents. "Usama ((Bin Ladin))'s Islamic Army considered the
Pakistan/Afghanistan area one region. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan
serve as a regional base and training center for Islamic Army activities
supporting
Islamic insurgencies in Tajikistan, the Kashmir region and Chechnya.
[Excised] The Islamic Army had a camp in Pakistan [Excised] purpose of
the camp was to
train and recruit new members, mostly from Pakistan." [
1997-07-14] While, "UBL elements in Pakistan reportedly plan to attack POTUS [U.S.
President Clinton's] plane with [excised] missiles if he visits Pakistan." [
2000-02-18]
Similar to the 9/11 Commission Report, the document collection
details repeated CIA warnings of the bin Laden terrorist threat prior to
September 11.
According to a January 2000 Top Secret briefing to the Director of
Central Intelligence, disruption operations against the Millennium plot
"bought
time… weeks… months… but no more than one year" before al-Qaeda
would strike. [
2000-01-07]
"A UBL attack against U.S.
interests could occur at any time or any place. It is unlikely that
the CIA will have prior warning about the time or place." [
1999-08-03]
By
September 2001, CIA counterterrorism officials knew a plot was
developing but couldn't provide policymakers with details. "As of Late
August
2001, there were indications that an individual associated with
al-Qa'ida was considering mounting terrorist operations in the United
States,
[Excised]. No further information is currently available in the
timing of possible attacks or on the alleged targets in the United
States."
[
2001-08-24]
Despite mounting warnings about al-Qaeda, the documents released
today illustrate how prior to September 11, CIA counterterrorism units
were lacking the
funds to aggressively pursue bin Laden. "Budget concerns… CT
[counterterrorism] supplemental still at NSC-OMB [National Security
Council
– Office of Management and Budget] level. Need forward movement on
supplemental soonest due to expected early recess due to conventions,
campaigning
and elections. Due to budgetary constraints… CTC/UBL
[Counterterrorism Center/Osama bin Laden Unit] will move from offensive
to defensive
posture." [
2000-04-05]
Although the collection is part of a laudable effort by the CIA to
provide documents on events related to September 11, many of these
materials are
heavily redacted, and still only represent one-quarter of the CIA
materials cited in the
9/11 Commission Report. Hundreds of
cited reports and cables remain
classified, including all interrogation materials such as the 47
reports from CIA interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from March 24,
2003 – June
15, 2004, which are referenced in detail in the 9/11 Report.
Highlights of the CIA September 11 Document Collection Include:
- The 1998 Raw Intelligence Report on UBL's Plans to Hijack an
Airplane that Became an Item in the December 4, 1998 President's Daily
Brief [1998-12-03].
- The report details how bin Laden was planning "new operations
against the United States (U.S.) targets in the near future. Plans to
hijack a U.S.
aircraft were proceeding well. Two individuals from the relevant
operational team in the U.S. had successfully evaded security checks
during a trial run at
"New York airport [excised]."
-
Internal CIA E-mails on Osama bin Laden
- 1998-05-05
– "[Title Excised]" "Planning for the UBL Rendition is Going Very
Well," To: Michael F. Scheuer, From:
[Excised], Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11
Commission Report as "Capture Op," "[Gary] Schroen to Mike." [Chapter
4, Endnote 22 9/11 Commission Report]
- 1998-12-20 – "Re: urgent re ubl," Note For: Michael F. Scheuer, From: [Excised], Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11
Commission Report as "[Gary] Schroen to Mike" [Chapter 4, Endnotes 117, 119 9/11 Commission Report]
- 1998-12-21
- "your note," Note For: [Excised], From: Michael F. Scheuer, Central
Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report
as "Mike to [Gary] Schroen," [Chapter 4, Endnote 119 9/11
Commission Report]
- 1999-05-17 – "your note," From Michael F. Scheuer, To [Excised], Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as
"Mike to [Gary] Schroen" [Chapter 4, Endnote 174 9/11 Commission Report]
- 2001-05-15 – "[Excised] Query [Excised]." Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Dave to
John." [Chapter 8, Endnote 72 9/11 Commission Report]
- 2001-05-24 – [Title Excised] "Agee (sic) we need to compare notes," Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report
as "Dave to John." [Chapter 8, Endnote 64 9/11 Commission Report]
- 2001-07-13 – "[Excised] Khalad [Excised]," Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Richard to
Alan" [Chapter 8, Endnote 64 9/11 Commission Report]
- 2001-08-21 – "Re: Khalid Al-Mihdhar," Memorandum, Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Mary to
John." [Chapter 8, Endnote 106 9/11 Commission Report]
- Two Definitive CIA Reports on the September 11, 2001 Attacks
- 2003-06-01 – "11 September: The Plot and the Plotters," CTC 2003-40044HC, Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[Chapter 5, Endnotes 42, 60, 61, 64, 70, 105, Chapter 7, Endnotes
45, 52, 60, 83, 86, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 105 9/11 Commission Report]
This document is a comprehensive CIA history of the 9/11
attack. Analysis includes notes on al-Qaeda, the evolution of the plot,
terrorist techniques,
timelines and detailed hijacker profiles.
- 2004-03-19 – "DCI Report: The Rise of UBL and Al-Qa'ida and the Intelligence Community Response," Draft, Central Intelligence
Agency Analytic Report. [Chapter 2, Endnote 67]
This document is a detailed summary of CIA efforts to apprehend Osama bin Laden from 1989-2004. Highlights include:
- Agency notes on bin Laden's evolution from "terrorist financier" in the early 1990s to a significant threat to U.S. interests by
mid-1990.
- Discussions and debates regarding the use of Predator drones as early as 2000. [2]
- Critiques of FBI information systems as impediments to
counterterrorism efforts - "A major, ongoing concern is FBI's own
internal
dissemination system. CIA officers still often find it
necessary to hand-deliver messages to the intended recipient within the
FBI. In additional FBI has
not perfected its FI reporting system and
headquarters-field communications so dissemination of intelligence
outside of FBI is still spotty." And the
report confirms suggestions by the 9/11 Commission Report
that "the different organizational culture and goals of the FBI and CIA
sometimes get in
the way of desired results." (p. 22)
- A group of Afghan trial leaders worked with the CIA on
the UBL issue, but "[Excised] judged to be unlikely to successfully
attack a heavily
guarded Bin Ladin." "Masood has to be engaged to help in
the attempt to capture Bin Ladin, but with the understanding that he
would be his own
man, never an agent of surrogate of the US government…
Even if he agreed to do so, his chances of success against the Taliban
were judged to be less
than five percent." (p. 58)
Note "DIF" written on multiple pages stands for "Denied in Full"
- A Series of CIA Senior Executive Intelligence Briefs (SEIBS) from June-September 2001 Warning of "Imminent" Al-Qaeda Attacks:
- 2001-06-23 – "International: Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent [Excised]" Senior Executive Intelligence Brief. [Chapter 8, Endnote 14,
See also p. 257 9/11 Commission Report]
- 2001-06-25 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief. [Chapter 8, Endnotes
12, 14]
- 2001-06-30 – "Terrorism: Bin Laden Planning High Profile Attacks [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief. [Chapter 8, Endnote
12]
- 2001-07-02 – "Terrorism: Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delay [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[Chapter 8, Endnote 18]
- 2001-07-13 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin Plans Delayed but Not Abandoned [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief. [Chapter 8, Endnote
28]
- 2001-07-25 – "Terrorism: One Bin Ladin Operation Delayed, Others Ongoing [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief. [Chapter 8,
Endnote 28]
- 2001-08-07 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in the US," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief. [Chapter 8, Endnote 38.
Chapter 11, Endnote 5. Page 342]
-
Detailed Reports on Al-Qaeda Organization
- "The spike in the network's activity stems in part from
changes in Bin Ladin's practices. To avoid implicating himself and his
Taliban
hosts, Bin Ladin over the past two years has allowed cells in
his network, al-Qa'ida, to plan attacks more independently of the
central leadership
and has tried to gain support for his agenda outside the
group. – The network also has benefited from a sharp increase in
mujahidin recruitment since
the resumption of the conflict in Chechnya in 1999, which
exposed a new generation of militants to terrorist techniques and
extremist ideology through
training at al-Qai'da-run camps in Afghanistan. – Violence
between Israelis and the Palestinians, moreover is making Sunni
extremists more
willing to participate in attacks against US or Israeli
interests." 2001-02-06 – "Sunni Terrorist Threat Growing," Senior Executive
Intelligence Brief, The Central Intelligence Agency. [Chapter 8, Endnote 4 9/11 Commission Report]
- Bin Laden's Attempts to Acquire Weapons of Mass Destruction
- A Positive CIA Assessment of CIA Counterterrorism Capabilities in August 2001
- In contrast to the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report and a 2004 CIA Office of Inspector General's review of its pre-9/11 counterterrorism practices, a report completed in August 2001
by the CIA Inspector General gives very positively reviews to CIA
counterterrorism practices, the management of information and
interagency cooperation. "CTC fulfills inter-agency responsibilities for
the DCI by coordinating national intelligence, providing warning, and
promoting the effective use of Intelligence Community resources on
terrorism issues. The Center has made progress on problems identified at
the time of the last inspection in 1994 - specifically its professional
relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
CIA 9/11 DOCUMENT LIST
1992-05-29 – DCI Task Force Report: Improving Intelligence Warning.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote23]
1992-07-17 – "Warning," Memorandum for National Foreign Intelligence Board from the Director of Central Intelligence.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 23]
1993-07-22
– "Funding of the Gama'at al-Islamiya by Wealthy Saudi Oppositionist
Usama Bin Ladin; Composition of Sudanese Wing of the Egyptian
Gama'at al-Islamiya," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 1]
1994-10 – Office of Inspector General Inspection Report: The Agency's Counterterrorism Effort.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 3, Endnote 82]
1995-12 – "Sketch of a South Asia-Based Terrorist Training and Logistic Network," DI TR 95-12, CIA Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 67]
1996-11-26 – "Terrorism: Historical Background of the Islamic Army, And Bin Ladin's Move from Afghanistan to Sudan."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnotes 25, 31, 35, 36, Chapter 4, Endnote 3]
1996-12-17
– "[Excised] Africa Division Recommendations Regarding Sudan,"
Memorandum, For: Acting Director for Central Intelligence,
From: [Excised], Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 7]
1996-12-18 – [Title Excised] "The Following Was the Structure of Usama Bin Ladin's Islamic Army," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 3]
1996-12-19 – "Terrorism: Responsibilities and Background of Islamic Army Shura Council Members."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 37]
1996-12-19
– "Terrorism: Activities and Functions of the Islamic Army's Military
Committee, and Political and Sharia Committee; Process
of Approving Terrorist Operations," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 3]
1997-01-06
– "Terrorism: Usama Bin Ladin Trying to Develop WMD Capability,"
Counterterrorist Center Commentary, CTC 97-30002, Central
Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 49]
1997-01-08
– "Terrorism: Fatwa Issued in 1992 by Usama bin Ladin's Islamic Army to
Attack U.S. Military in Saudi Arabia, Movement of
Explosives [Excised] by the Islamic Army [Excised] to Saudi Arabia
[Excised]," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 47]
1997-01-09
– [Title Excised] "A Fatwa Issued by Usama Bin Ladin's Islamic Army
Which Allowed for Attacks Against the U.S. Military in
Saudi Arabia," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 47]
1997-01-27
– [Title Excised] "Usama Bin Ladin's Islamic Army Issued a Series of
Fatwas, Most of the Against the United States," Central
Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 3]
1997-01-31 – "Terrorism: Cooperation Among Usama Bin Ladin's Islamic Army, Iran and the NIF," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 85]
1997-01-31
– "Terrorism: Establishment of a Tripartite Agreement Among Usama Bin
Ladin, Iran, and the NIF," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 52]
1997-02-13 – "Terrorism: Possible Islamic Army Foreknowledge of an ‘Egyptian Operation' and Logistical and Security Assistance
Provided for the Attackers," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 56]
1997-03-05 – "Terrorism: Usama Bin Ladin's Links to a Southern Yemeni Group," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 44]
1997-03-18 – "Terrorism: Usama Bin Ladin's Attempts to Acquire Uranium," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 49. Chapter 4, Endnote 3]
1997-04-18 – "Terrorism: Usama bin Ladin's Historical Links to ‘Abdullah Azzam," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 22, 43]
1997-04-30 – "Terrorism: Usama Bin Ladin's Activities in Somalia and Sudanese NIF Support," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 45, Chapter 4, Endnote 3,]
1997-06-17 – "Terrorism: Usama Bin Ladin's Financial Support to the Egyptian Al-Gama'at Al-Islamiyya, as well as Algerian and
Libyan Extremists," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 1]
1997-07-14
– "Terrorism: Activities of Bin Ladin's in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and
India," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 67]
1997-08-01 – [Title Excised], "Plan to establish an Iraqi Element in Bin Ladin's Islamic Army," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 54]
1997-08-25
– "DCI Talking Points Regarding Operations Against Usama Bin Ladin,"
Counterterrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 8]
1998-02-23 – "Text of World Islamic Front's Statement Urging Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders," Al Quds al Arabi, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Open Source Center.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 1]
1998-05-05 – "[Title Excised]" "Planning for the UBL Rendition is Going Very Well," To: Michael F. Scheuer, From: [Excised],
Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Capture Op," "[Gary] Schroen to Mike."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 22 9/11 Commission Report]
1998-06
– "TERRORISM: Terrorism: Bin Ladin Threatening to Attack US Aircraft,"
Senior Executive Intelligence Brief [Undated- Cited in 9/11
Commission Report as June 1998 p. 342].
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5]
1998-08-14 – Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam-An Update," Central Intelligence Agency Briefing Materials.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 37]
1998-09-02
– "Talking Points Regarding Usama Bin Ladin for the DCI's 2 September
1998 SSCI Briefing," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 102]
1998-09-22 – [Title Excised]. "Terrorism: Incorporation of Ayman Zawahiri's al-Jihad Organization into Usama Bin Ladin's
al-Qa'ida; Recent Activities of Egyptian Associates of al-Qa'ida," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 82]
1998-11-18 – "Further Options Available Against Usama Bin Ladin," Central Intelligence Agency Summary Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 121]
1998-11-19
– DCI Directive, "Director of Central Intelligence Directive 1/1: The
Authorities and Responsibilities of the Director of Central Intelligence
as Head of the U.S. Intelligence Community."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 13, Endnote 8]
1998-11-24 – "[Excised] Options for Attacking the Usama Bin Ladin Problem," Talking Points, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 121]
1998-12-03
– [Title Excised] Planning by Usama Bin Ladin to Hijack U.S. Airplane,
Successful Circumvention of Security Measures in U.S. Airport.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 112]
1998-12-04 – "Bin Ladin Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 112]
1998-12-18
– [Title Excised] "Possible Arrest of Two Persons Involved in Plan to
Hijack U.S. Airplane in the United States," Central
Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 113]
1998-12-20
– "Re: urgent re ubl," Note For: Michael F. Scheuer, From: [Excised],
Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11
Commission Report as "[Gary] Schroen to Mike."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnotes 117, 119]
1998-12-21
– "your note," Note For: [Excised], From: Michael F. Scheuer, Central
Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as
"Mike to [Gary] Schroen."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 119 9/11 Commission Report]
1998-12-24
– "[Excised] Timeframe for Completion of Hijacking Operation
[Excised]," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 113]
1999-01 – "Strains Surface Between Taliban and Bin Ladin," Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report
(Undated. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as January 1999 p. 342)
.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5]
1999-01-08 – "[Title Excised], Claim that Bin Ladin Postponed Hijacking," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 113]
1999-01-27
– "How Bin Ladin Commands a Global Terrorist Network," 99-40003, DCI
Counterterrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 5, Endnote 118, Chapter 6, Endnote 86]
1999-02-10 – "[Excised] Talking Points: CIA Operations Against Usama Bin Ladin," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 157]
1999-03-16 – "[Title Excised], Iraqi Delegation [Excised] Meet with Usama Bin Ladin in Afghanistan," Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 75]
1999-04-05
– "[Excised] Terrorism: Targeting Study of U.S. Embassy, Nairobi,
Kenya," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 3, Endnote 85]
1999-04-09
– "Islamic Terrorists: Using Nongovernmental Organizations
Extensively," Counterterrorist Center, Intelligence Report, CTC
99-40007, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 86]
1999-05-17
– "your note," From Michael F. Scheuer, To [Excised], Central
Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as
"Mike to [Gary] Schroen."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 174]
1999-06
– "Caucasus: Terrorist Threat to US Interests in Caucasus," Central
Intelligence Agency Analytic Report (Undated- Cited in 9/11
Commission Report as June 1999 p. 342).
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5]
1999-06-09 – "NEAR EAST: UAE: Imposition of Sanctions Could Disrupt Bin Ladin's Finances," National Intelligence Daily, Central
Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 77]
1999-07-20 – "DCI UBL Update," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 188]
1999-07-29
– "Ariana Afghan Airlines: Assets and Activities," OTI IR 1999-170CX,
Office of Transnational Issues, Central Intelligence
Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 77]
1999-08-03 – "UBL Update," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 188]
1999-10-29 – "DDCI UBL Update," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 193]
1999-11-12 – "DCI UBL Update," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 193]
1999-12-11
– "Bin Ladin to Exploit Looser Security During Holidays," Senior
Executive Intelligence Brief, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5]
1999-12-17 – "Millennium Threat," Briefing for DCI, December 16, 1999.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 3]
2000-01-07 – "Update, Islamic Extremist Terrorist Threat," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 55]
2000-02-18 – "DCI Update, Islamic Extremist Terrorism Threat," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnotes 63, 101]
2000-03-06 – "EXDIR Update – Islamic Extremist Terrorist Threat," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 101]
2000-03-27 – "Afghanistan: Bin Ladin Evading Sanctions," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5]
2000-04-03 – "Islamic Extremist Update," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 101]
2000-04-05 – ""EXDIR Update – Islamic Extremist Terrorist Threat," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 101]
2000-05-22 – "DDO Update, Islamic Extremist Update," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 101]
2000-06-30
–"Bin Ladin Orchestrating Possible Anti-US Attacks," Intelligence
Community Terrorist Threat Advisory, The Director of Central
Intelligence.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 23]
2000-07-07 – "DDCI Update – Islamic Extremist Terrorist Threat," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 103]
2000-07-14 – "DCI Updates - Islamic Extremist Terrorist Threat," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 114]
2000-10-18 – "The Threat to US Personnel in Yemen," Intelligence Community Terrorist Threat Assessment," The Director of Central
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 130]
2000-11-02
– "Bin Ladin's Terrorist Operations: Meticulous and Adaptable," CTC
00-400117, Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnotes 4, 6]
2000-11-10 – "Attack on the USS Cole: Preliminary Findings," DCI Counterterrorist Center," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 140]
2001-02-06 – "Sunni Terrorist Threat Growing," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief, The Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 4]
2001-02-14 –"Afghanistan: Bin Ladin's Interest in Biological and Radiological Weapons," Central Intelligence Agency Analytic
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5. Page 342]
2001-03-23
– "Afghanistan: Taliban Holding Firm on Bin Ladin for Now," Senior
Executive Intelligence Brief, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 11, Endnote 5. Page 342]
2001-03-27 – "Afghanistan: An Incubator for International Terrorism," CTC 01-40004, Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 78]
2001-04-12 – "Pursuing the Bin Ladin Financial Target," CTC 01-40003HCS, Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 5, Endnote 126]
2001-05-03 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin Public Profile May Presage Attack," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 9]
2001-05-15 – "[Excised] Query [Excised]." Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Dave to
John."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 72]
2001-05-23 – "Terrorism: Terrorist Groups Said Cooperating on US Hostage Plot [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 10]
2001-05-24
– [Title Excised] "Agee (sic) we need to compare notes," Central
Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as
"Dave to John."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 64]
2001-05-24
– [Title Excised] "A Group Presently in the United States Planning to
Conduct a Terrorist Operation Involving the Use of High
Explosives," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 9]
2001-06-12
– "Terrorism: Biographical Information on Bin Ladin Associates in
Afghanistan," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnotes 12, 111]
2001-06-23 – "International: Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 14, See also p.257]
2001-06-24 – "MBC TV Carries Video Report on Bin Ladin, Followers in Training," Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 16]
2001-06-25 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 12, 14]
2001-06-30 – "Terrorism: Bin Laden Planning High Profile Attacks [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 12]
2001-07-02
– "Terrorism: Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delay
[Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 18]
2001-07-03 – "DCI Update Terrorist Threat Review," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 23]
2001-07-06
– "Expanding Links Between Alien Smugglers and Extremists: Threats to
the United States," Central Intelligence Agency Analytic
Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 20]
2001-07-13 – "[Excised] Khalad [Excised]," Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Richard to
Alan."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 64]
2001-07-13 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin Plans Delayed but Not Abandoned [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 28]
2001-07-25 – "Terrorism: One Bin Ladin Operation Delayed, Others Ongoing [Excised]," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 28]
2001-08
– " Office of Inspector General, Inspection Report of the DCI
Counterterrorist Center, Directorate of Operations, IG 2000-0009-IN,
Central Intelligence Agency..
[ Not cited in the 9/11 Commission Report. Provided to Jeffery Richelson via the Freedom of Information Act ]
2001-08-06 – "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US," President's Daily Brief, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 38. Reprinted on Page 261 of the 9/11 Commission Report.]
2001-08-07 – "Terrorism: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in the US," Senior Executive Intelligence Brief.
[9/11 Commission Report -
Chapter 8, Endnote 38. Chapter 11, Endnote 5. Page 342]
2001-08-21 – "Re: Khalid Al-Mihdhar," Memorandum, Central Intelligence Agency Email. Cited in 9/11 Commission Report as "Mary to
John."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 106 9/11 Commission Report]
2001-08-23 – "DCI Update Terrorist Threat Review," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 103]
2001-08-24 – "Terrorism: Sanitized Version of Threat Report," Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 39]
2001-09 – Michael Warner, "Central Intelligence: Origin and Evolution," Center for the Study of Intelligence.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 3, Endnote 70]
2001-11-29
– "Terrorism: Extremists Planning Attacks Against US Interests in
Pakistan," Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 80]
2001-12-08
– "Terrorism: Discovery that 11 September 2001 Hijacker Mohammed Atta
Did Not Travel to the Czech Republic on 31 May 2000,"
Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 7, Endnote 69]
2002-02-27 – "Identifying Al-Qa'ida's Donors and Fundraisers: A Status Report," Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 5, Endnotes 116, 117, Chapter 7, Endnote 70]
2002-08-07 – "Terrorism: Amount of Money It Takes to Keep al-Qa'ida Functioning," PWR080702-05, Central Intelligence Agency
Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 5, Endnotes 111, 127]
2002-10-17
– "Written Statement for the Record of the DCI," Written Statement for
the Record of the Director of Central Intelligence
Before the Joint Inquiry Committee, Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 103, Chapter 6, Endnote 54, Chapter 8, Endnote 60]
2002-11-14
– "Saudi Based Financial Support for Terrorist Organizations," CTC
2002-40117CH, Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 77]
2002-12-06 – "Fraudulently Acquired Saudi Passports Facilitates Al Qa'ida Travel," Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 12, Endnote 32]
2003-03-10 – "Al-Qa'ida in Sudan, 1992-96: Old School Ties Lead Down Dangerous Paths," CTC 200340028CHX, Central Intelligence
Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 30]
2003-03-18
– "CT: Presence of Al-Qa'ida Operative Tawfiq Muhammad Bin Salah Bin
Rushayd Bin Attash in Los Angeles In Summer 2000;
Association of Bin Attash With U.S.-Based Extremists," Central
Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 7, Endnote 9]
2003-06-01 – "11 September: The Plot and the Plotters," CTC 2003-40044HC, Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 5, Endnotes 42, 60, 61, 64, 70,
105, Chapter 7, Endnotes 45, 52, 60, 83, 86, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 105]
2003-06-20 – "Afghanistan Camps Central to 11 September Plot: Can Al-Qa'ida Train on the Run?" CTC 2003-40071CH, Central
Intelligence Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 7, Endnote 89, 93, 102]
2003-07-02
– "[Title Excised] Shaykh Sa'id [Excised] devotes him time to managing
al-Qa'ida's finances," CTC
2003-30072H, Central Intelligence Agency Analytic Report. Cited in
9/11 Commission Report as "Shaykh Sa'id: Al-Qa'ida's Loyal Senior
Accountant."
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 59]
2003-12-10
– "Requested Modifications to 'Summary of Body of Intelligence
Reporting on Iraq-al Qaida Contacts (1990-2003),'" Memorandum from
Central
Intelligence Agency Director of Congressional affairs Stanley M.
Moskowitz to Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 76]
[Undated
– Likely 2004] – "DCI Document Request No. 16, Item No. 1, Production
of the [Excised] Usama Bin Ladin Situation Reports (‘UBL
Sitreps')," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 6, Endnote 1]
[Undated – Likely 2004] – "DCI Document Request No. 52, Item No. 2," Central Intelligence Agency.
[Likely 9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 4, Endnote 2]
2004-02-24
– "DCI Testimony: The Worldwide Threat 2004," Testimony of George
Tenet, Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 12, Endnote 28]
2004-03-11
– "Name Variants and Aliases of 11 September Hijackers and Associates
as of 11 March 2004," Central Intelligence Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 7, Endnote 49]
2004-03-19 – "DCI Report: The Rise of UBL and Al-Qa'ida and the Intelligence Community Response," Draft, Central Intelligence
Agency Analytic Report.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 2, Endnote 67]
2004-03-24
– "Statement for the Record of the Director of Central Intelligence
Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United State," Office of Public Affairs, Central Intelligence
Agency.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 3, Endnotes 85, 108, Chapter 13, Endnote 15]
2004-04-14
– "Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community," Panel One of the
Tenth Hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States.
[9/11 Commission Report - Chapter 8, Endnote 38]
NOTES
[1]
See also 9/11 Commission Report p 190.
[2]
See also 9/11 Commission Report, p. 189.
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