Jul 7, 2025 | 9/11, CIA/FBI/NSA Files
In 2004, the CIA’s own Office of Inspector General quietly released a 480-page report examining what went wrong in the months-and years-leading up to the September 11 attacks. The verdict was damning. The CIA had intelligence on Al-Qa’ida operatives, including...
Jun 10, 2025 | 9/11, CIA/FBI/NSA Files, Terrorism
A 2005 memorandum from senior CIA Counterterrorist Center (CTC) officials-J. Cofer Black, Ben Bonk, and Henry Crumpton-mounts a firm rebuttal to the CIA Inspector General’s (IG) draft report on the Agency’s performance before the 9/11 attacks. In their view, the...