A week before 9/11, US received warning of al-Qaeda attack
- A week before 9/11, White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke warned National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice about the growing al-Qaeda threat.
- Clarke reportedly questioned whether the US administration was taking the threat from Osama bin Laden’s network seriously enough.
- US intelligence already believed al-Qaeda was preparing a major attack, but officials lacked clear information about its timing and target.
- The warnings came just days before the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and changed US security policy.
Source: ndtv.com
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