# CIA declassifies intel warnings to White House prior to 9/11 attack
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Publisher: CNN · published 2026-09-11 · read 2026-09-11

Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/politics/cia-declassifies-intel-warnings-white-house-prior-9-11-attack

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## Who is named (9)

- [Jeffrey Rogg](https://truthscore.com/entity/0f0961f4)
- [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68)
- [World Trade Center](https://truthscore.com/entity/3acf82ea)
- [FBI](https://truthscore.com/entity/47ebd027)
- [CIA](https://truthscore.com/entity/99821d70)
- [Alec Station](https://truthscore.com/entity/9c45204f)
- [Bin Ladin Determined To Strike In US warning](https://truthscore.com/entity/bc9a199e)
- [US Capitol](https://truthscore.com/entity/de0dbd47)
- [Pentagon](https://truthscore.com/entity/ee975985)

## What it added

- [The warning to Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September 10, 1998.](https://truthscore.com/claim/341b3ee9)
  > The now-infamous warning to then-President Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September 10, 1998: A group associated with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden “may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city.”
- [The warning said a group associated with Osama bin Laden may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city.](https://truthscore.com/claim/88047147)
  > The now-infamous warning to then-President Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September 10, 1998: A group associated with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden “may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city.”
- [The four planes used in the September 11 attacks had no explosives.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f7c049a4)
  > In the end, there were no explosives.
- [Two of the four planes were piloted into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and one intended for the US Capitol…](https://truthscore.com/claim/fd74dd94)
  > Just four planes, two piloted into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and one intended for the US Capitol that crash-landed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers heroically fought back against the terrorists.
- [The CIA declassified and released more than 100 pages of presidential daily briefing papers on Friday.](https://truthscore.com/claim/17590cb4)
  > The CIA on Friday declassified and released more than 100 pages of presidential daily briefing papers provided to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush that dealt with the threat from al Qaeda and bin Laden in the run-up to 9/11, providing for the first time to the American public an eerie snapshot of the information two presidents saw but failed to act on.
- [The released documents show a drumbeat of warnings over years that Osama bin Laden was considering an attack in the United States or on American sites overseas.](https://truthscore.com/claim/77ad24da)
  > They show a drumbeat of warnings over the course of years that bin Laden was considering an attack in the United States or on American sites overseas.
- [Intelligence fragments in the documents suggest that Osama bin Laden wanted to attack a shopping mall in Washington, acquire nuclear bomb materials, launch…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ec4db4c1)
  > Fragments of intelligence suggesting he wanted to attack a shopping mall in Washington, acquire nuclear bomb materials, launch chemical weapons attacks or kidnap an American — whose name is redacted — flicker through the pages.
- [The documents do not fundamentally change intelligence historians’ understanding of what the US government knew before the attacks or how it failed to predict…](https://truthscore.com/claim/be2b565c)
  > The documents do not fundamentally change intelligence historians’ understanding of what the US government knew before the attacks, or how it had failed so badly to predict them.
- [A 2004 report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States found that the intelligence community had warned two successive White…](https://truthscore.com/claim/be9a4c51)
  > A 2004 report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States found that although the intelligence community had warned two successive White Houses of the threat from al Qaeda, it failed to adequately predict or communicate the scope and urgency of those threats.
- [Americans are remembering and reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5c73450b)
  > Americans are remembering and reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 — a day that changed the world.
- [Events and tributes commemorating the solemn occasion are taking place across the United States.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8754272a)
  > Events and tributes commemorating the solemn occasion are taking place across the US.
- [President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c418de5a)
  > President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
- [All living former presidents are attending an event marking the anniversary in New York.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5c3d74c4)
  > All living former presidents are attending an event marking the anniversary in New York.
- [A new seventh moment of silence is being held during the commemoration ceremony in New York for the thousands of people who have died from diseases linked to…](https://truthscore.com/claim/7f7b4dfe)
  > This year, a new seventh moment of silence is being held during the commemoration ceremony in New York for the thousands of people who have died from diseases linked to exposure to the toxic ash and rubble of the World Trade Center.
- [Alec Station, the CIA unit responsible for tracking bin Laden, was small.](https://truthscore.com/claim/09ae456c)
  > The unit in the CIA responsible for tracking bin Laden — a small office called Alec Station — was small.
- [Jeffrey Rogg said, “Even if one element of the agency is screaming about a threat, it’s still a pretty big organization.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/aa657c46)
  > “Even if one element of the agency is screaming about a threat, it’s still a pretty big organization,” noted Jeffrey Rogg, an intelligence community historian at the University of Texas in Austin.
- [A final warning from the CIA dated August 6, 2001, was headlined “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike In US.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/b1e888a2)
  > A final warning from the CIA dated August 6, 2001, was headlined: “Bin Ladin [sic] Determined To Strike In US.”
- [The warning reported that al Qaeda members had resided in or traveled to the United States for years and that the group apparently maintains a support…](https://truthscore.com/claim/275de3bb)
  > It reported that al Qaeda members had resided in or traveled to the US “for years” and that the group “apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks.”
- [FBI information at the time indicated patterns of suspicious activity in the United States consistent with preparations for hijackings or other attacks…](https://truthscore.com/claim/7582fdfc)
  > And FBI information at the time indicated “patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.”
- [Seventy full‑field “Bin Ladin related” investigations were underway in the United States at the time, the report said.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b0f50e64)
  > 70 full field “Bin Ladin related” investigations were underway in the US at the time, the report said.
- [The report acknowledged that it had not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, including a 1998 report that Bin Ladin wanted…](https://truthscore.com/claim/554feea1)
  > But, it acknowledged, “we have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting,” including reporting from 1998 “saying that Bin Ladin wanted to hijack a US aircraft.”
- [The final document in the release is dated 4 a.m. on the morning of September 12.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9587426a)
  > The final document in the release is dated 4 a.m. on the morning of September 12.
- [The report cites a Kandahar‑based Arab who said the attacks were the result of two years’ planning and called them the beginning of the wrath.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9ced2802)
  > The report cites a “Kandahar-based Arab,” who said the attacks were the result of two years’ planning.
  > They were, he said, “the beginning of the wrath.”

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