1998 CIA memo warned Clinton of Bin Laden plan to hijack commercial airliner
A CIA memo from 1998, only now declassified, warned President Bill Clinton that Al-Qaeda could hit the United States with a hijacked commercial airliner packed with explosives. The warning concerned plans linked to Osama bin Laden, three years before the September 11 attacks used a similar method. The document offers a rare look at how early American intelligence picked up on the tactic.
<p>A newly declassified CIA memo from 1998 warned President Bill Clinton that Al-Qaeda leader could target the US with a hijacked, explosive-packed commercial airplane.</p><br/><br/><p><i> (Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Rosh Hashanah in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>
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