{"id":2658543,"date":"2026-09-11T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/declassified-9-11-documents-reveal-the-repeated-warnings-received-by-clinton-and-bush\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:16:26","slug":"declassified-9-11-documents-reveal-the-repeated-warnings-received-by-clinton-and-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/declassified-9-11-documents-reveal-the-repeated-warnings-received-by-clinton-and-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Declassified 9\/11 Documents Reveal the Repeated Warnings Received by Clinton and Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeclassified-9-11-documents-reveal-the-repeated-warnings-received-by-clinton-and-bush%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2658543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the recent declassification and release of 71 PresidentS Daily Briefs by President Donald Trump, which covered intelligence warnings about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. These documents, spanning from Febuary 1998 to August 2001, reveal that U.S. presidents Clinton and Bush were repeatedly warned about the threat posed by bin Laden, including specific alerts about potential attacks using planes. despite these warnings,the attacks occured,resulting in nearly 3,000 deaths. The release aims to increase openness regarding the intelligence community&#8217;s awareness and efforts to warn officials about al-Qa-Qaida&#8217;s plans before 9\/11.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump released 71 daily intelligence briefs given to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush that warned about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in the years, months, and weeks before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The documents were released Friday, on the 25th anniversary of those attacks, which killed thousands of Americans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/stories\/story\/cia-releases-presidents-daily-briefs-in-commemoration-of-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11\/seventy-one-declassified-presidents-daily-brief-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The briefings<\/a> span from Feb. 13, 1998, through Aug. 28, 2001, just weeks before the attacks, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/declassified-intelligence-reveals-extensive-9-11-related-warnings-to-presidents-a1ee91a3?st=LsxAtj&#038;reflink=desktopweb_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Feb. 24, 1998, briefing to Clinton warned about al-Qaida\u2019s \u201cfatwa,\u201d or religious ruling, against American interests abroad, that was signed by leaders of other militant groups throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton was offered dozens of additional briefings about bin Laden and the threat posed by his organization. He was specifically warned about Osama Bin Laden\u2019s intent to use a plane to attack Americans.<\/p>\n<p>A briefing from Oct. 14, 2000, three months before Clinton left office, \u201cshowed the terrorist leader was \u2018committed to striking U.S. targets\u2019 though Washington \u2018cannot pinpoint targets or timing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The warnings did not stop when Clinton\u2019s presidency ended.<\/p>\n<p>Four days after Bush was inaugurated, the USS Cole attack was linked to bin Laden by the agency, and that information was passed on to the new president.<\/p>\n<p>The attack killed 17 U.S. sailors and became another warning about the threat posed by al-Qaida.<\/p>\n<p>Bush received 17 CIA briefings about bin Laden\u2019s capabilities and his desire to strike America.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 28, 2001, Bush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/static\/08-28-2001-Bin-Ladin-Operations-Are-Expert-and-Flexible.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> a CIA report titled \u201cBin Laden Operations Are Expert And Flexible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in New York City, Washington, and rural Pennsylvania after hijackers took control of four commercial airliners.<\/p>\n<p>The CIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/stories\/story\/cia-releases-presidents-daily-briefs-in-commemoration-of-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> of Friday\u2019s document release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cToday, Director John Ratcliffe declassified 71 President\u2019s Daily Brief (PDB) products in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and consistent with President Donald Trump\u2019s historic transparency initiative.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This collection represents the Agency\u2019s single largest release of declassified CIA PDB products related to 9\/11, providing unprecedented transparency on America\u2019s most sensitive intelligence publication from the years before and the day after one of the darkest moments in our history. 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