1998 CIA memo warned Clinton of Bin Laden plan to hijack commercial airliner
<p>A newly declassified CIA memo from 1998 warned President Bill Clinton that Al-Qaeda leader could target the US with a hijacked, explosive-packed commercial airplane.</p> <p><i> (Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli…
The CIA has declassified and released 71 documents related to 9/11 intelligence warnings, including a 1998 report titled "Bin Laden's Location and Intentions" which warned then-US president Bill Clinton and the administration about Osama bin Laden's plans to attack the United States using a plane loaded with explosives. The report, which did not provide definitive intelligence on the specific attack method or location, indicated that bin Laden's attention had turned toward Washington.
While the document does not confirm knowledge of the specific aircraft hijacking plot carried out on September 11, 2001, it highlights that a scenario involving the use of a plane against a target inside the US had emerged within the intelligence community years before the attacks.
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