New NSA docs contradict 9/11 claims

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144. Absolutely none of these support the "truther" claims that the US Government conducted 9-11

To the contrary:

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].

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."

These CIA documents are not at all consistent with "truther" claims made in the Creative Speculation group. These documents contradict claims that the US Government conducted 9-11. These documents show that the CIA had evidence that al-Qaida was planning attacks and that al-Qaida was partly motivated by the I/P conflict.