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CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept. 11

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The records trace CIA analysts’ evolving understanding of al-Qaida and their efforts to warn of bin Laden’s attack plotting. CIA Director John Ratcliffe calls Friday’s release “an act of exceptional transparency.”

First report: CIA Releases 71 Declassified Reports Warning al-Qaeda Could Fly Explosive Airplanes Before 9/11 — newscord.org, 6d