Usama bin Ladin and the Financial Noose of August 20
Following the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the assets of Usama bin Ladin were frozen on the same day missiles struck Afghanistan and Sudan.
By Harlan Pryce ·
al-Qaeda
Usama bin Ladin and the FBI's 1999 List of 'Significant Events'
From the ruins of African embassies to the planning of an Alabama training center, a 1999 report hides a systemic failure to disrupt al-Qaeda before the 2001 attacks
By Desmond Okafor ·
Raphael Perl and the First Unreserved Preemptive Strike
Hundreds died in East African embassies while Washington pivoted toward a doctrine of preemption that remained a legislative study for years
By Desmond Okafor ·
Jalaluddin Haqqani and the 1999 Bargain for Usama bin Ladin
Kept under a 'NODIS' restriction, a 1999 cable shows U.S. officials negotiating with a protector of Arab militants while the man who would orchestrate 9/11 remained in place
By Desmond Okafor ·
Bin Ladin outpaced a state that refused to evolve
Intelligence warnings blinked red and a money trail led to California, yet American officials failed to synthesize the signals before the Planes Operation.
By Harlan Pryce ·