Bombshell CIA 9/11 files lay bare Bill Clinton's horrific Bin Laden mistake...as ex-president grimly faces families at Ground Zero

UK Daily Mail ^ | 09/11/2026 | PHILLIP NIETO

[DFG]

Bill Clinton's White House was warned that Osama bin Laden wanted to crash a bomb-packed plane into an American city three years before the hijackers struck, explosive CIA files reveal.

The warning was a part of a September 10, 1998 report prepared for senior Clinton officials cleared to read the then-president's most secret morning intelligence digest, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Headlined 'Bin Laden's Location and Intentions,' it offered no date or target, but made clear the terror chief had Washington, DC, in his sights. Bin Laden's terrorists would crash an airplane into the Pentagon three years later.

Other papers show analysts told the White House in July 1998 that a bin Laden strike on the US was 'plausible,' and in October 2000 that he remained 'committed' to hitting American targets, though spies 'cannot pinpoint targets or timing.'

The revelation surfaced as Clinton was at Ground Zero for the 25th anniversary, standing among the very families whose loved ones died in the attack the memo foreshadowed.

In 2001, bin Laden was featured in at least 18 separate editions of Bush's daily intelligence digest, seven of them landing on the former president's desk weeks before the towers fell.

One July 24, 2001 memo even flagged that an 'expected imminent' bin Laden operation had been postponed, while cautioning that other attacks could still be in motion.

The 71 documents were released by the CIA to mark a quarter-century since nearly 3,000 people were murdered in New York City, the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field.

The 9/11 Commission had mentioned the 1998 memo, but never disclosed it had been written for the president's own briefing stream.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; bjclinton; cia; clinton; dailyfail; gorelickwall; jamiegorelick; notabombshell; nothingburger4newbie; oldnews; osamabinladen; phillipnieto

[Rummyfan]

Bill Clinton spent more time and resources going after Bill Gates and Microsoft than he did pursuing OBL.

[BenLurkin]

“Are there no men in Washington?”

[chuck allen]

And Monica, and aspirin factories to hide Monica. Plus dodging Hillary’s ashtrays.

[Mean Daddy]

I remember Clinton talking about how he wished 9/11 occurred under his watch for a leadership opportunity.

[vivenne]

Lol! No, there are not.

[MtnClimber]

The left instinctively sides with evil.

[Tell It Right]

Ouch!

[wastedyears]

Why do people still believe the narrative that inbred goat humpers did it?

[Nateman]

Islam destroyed the lives of over 3000 people this day but something good did come out of it. It exposed the evil of Islam for anyone willing to examine the facts. Islam raises an important question: why does God tolerate Islam when it routinely does evil in his name? This is an unforgivable sin and yet it has been tolerated for over 14 centuries.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Am I misremembering but when he was told about this most likely happening, he just stood there holding his chin, looking down and said, ‘mm’.

[ScaniaBoy]

Has Sandy Berger and the stolen documents from the National Archive fallen completely down the memory hole?

[Fledermaus]

Nope. He was covering up the fact we had Osama in sight and Clinton wouldn’t take him out.

[OHPatriot]

Bill Clinton spent more time chasing BJ’s than caring about American Citizens.

[ScaniaBoy]

We here at FR remember, but apparently those journos who presented this “bombshell revelation” do not remember.
Of course the fact that Clinton had been adviced that Bin Laden was planning attacks on the US and that he had had several opportunities to take him out was hushed up, and Sandy Berger was let off with a slap on his wrist, but still one would expect journalists writing about 911 ought to know about this.

[DugwayDuke]

wastedyears wrote: “Why do people still believe the narrative that inbred goat humpers did it?”

Because that’s who did it.

[ridesthemiles]

DO NOT LEAVE OUT MONICA

[ConservativeMind]

I distinctly recall this coming up shortly after 9/11 happened.

This is old news. He didn’t pass this information on to Bush, Jr.

[ConservativeMind]

Exactly! This is truly old news and Bill just didn’t care that something would happen, because it would happen to the next president, and he could say he kept the country safe when he was there.

[No name given]

That’s because the left IS evil.