Secret Information Revealed by Washington: We Tracked Bin Laden's Movements Before 9/11!

Dozens of declassified presidential briefing documents have revealed intelligence details collected by government officials on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

These documents cover the period preceding the plane hijackings and the September 11 attacks, which resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths and upended American national security.

The documents, released in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, illustrate how security analysts tracked bin Laden’s movements and his support network, as well as concerns about potential threats to American targets.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe stated the documents represent an "exceptional transparency effort," the largest single release of declassified daily presidential briefings by the agency, which are highly classified summaries prepared by the National Intelligence Community for top government leaders.

The documents range from a file dated February 1998, prepared for then-President Bill Clinton titled "Terrorists Seeking Weapons of Mass Destruction," mentioning "bin Laden and other extremist Muslims," to a report dated July 12, 2001, in which one source indicated the attacks had been planned for two years and were also expected to target the U.S. Capitol building (which houses Congress).

When asked for comment on the release, the White House pointed to another batch of documents published by the National Archives on Friday as well. This batch includes interviews with national security officials from the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, produced by the commission that investigated the attacks from 2002 to 2004.