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CIA declassifies pre-9/11 warnings to Clinton and Bush administrations

CIABill ClintonGeorge W. BushSeptember 11, 200171 declassified documents

The CIA released 71 previously classified President's Daily Brief documents on September 11, 2026, revealing that U.S. intelligence officials repeatedly warned Presidents Clinton and Bush of al-Qaeda threats between February 1998 and September 2001, including a specific 1998 scenario involving a plane loaded with explosives. The declassification came 25 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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The CIA released previously secret intelligence briefs showing it repeatedly warned Presidents Clinton and Bush that Al Qaeda intended to attack the U.S. before 9/11. The documents reveal striking clu

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The CIA released previously secret intelligence briefs showing it repeatedly warned Presidents Clinton and Bush that Al Qaeda intended to attack the U.S. before 9/11. The documents reveal striking clues, including a 1998 warning that Al Qaeda might fly an explosives-packed plane into an American city.

CIA releases 71 intelligence documents detailing al-Qaida warnings to Clinton and Bush

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The CIA on Sept. 11 released 71 previously classified President’s Daily Brief documents from February 1998 through Sept. 12, 2001, detailing intelligence officials’ warnings to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida before the attacks. The collection, which exceeds 100 pages, is the agency’s largest single release of declassified presidential intelligence rel