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12 September 2026

CIA drops dozens of declassified documents on bin Laden and al-Qaeda

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Source reporting: Al Jazeera English

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CIA drops dozens of declassified documents on bin Laden and al-Qaeda

A briefer told Clinton in 1998 that bin Laden’s 'preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington'.

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