Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001 10:35 p.m. EDT
Israel's Mossad Warned CIA of Attacks
London's Telegraph reported that Mossad officials traveled to Washington last month to warn the CIA and the FBI that a cell of up to 200 terrorists was planning a major operation.
The paper said the Israeli officials specifically warned their counterparts in Washington that "large-scale terrorist attacks on highly visible targets on the American mainland were imminent." They offered no specific information about targets, but they did link the plot to Afghanistan-based terrorist Osama bin Laden, and they told the Americans there were "strong grounds" for suspecting Iraqi involvement.
A U.S. administration official told the paper that it was "quite credible" that the CIA did not heed the Mossad warning: "It has a history of being over-cautious about Israeli information." But the official noted that "if this is true, then the refusal to take it seriously will mean heads will roll."
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20011125060251/http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2001/9/17/212249
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001 10:35 p.m. EDT
Israel's Mossad Warned CIA of Attacks
London's Telegraph reported that Mossad officials traveled to Washington last month to warn the CIA and the FBI that a cell of up to 200 terrorists was planning a major operation.
The paper said the Israeli officials specifically warned their counterparts in Washington that "large-scale terrorist attacks on highly visible targets on the American mainland were imminent." They offered no specific information about targets, but they did link the plot to Afghanistan-based terrorist Osama bin Laden, and they told the Americans there were "strong grounds" for suspecting Iraqi involvement.
A U.S. administration official told the paper that it was "quite credible" that the CIA did not heed the Mossad warning: "It has a history of being over-cautious about Israeli information." But the official noted that "if this is true, then the refusal to take it seriously will mean heads will roll."
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20011125060251/http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2001/9/17/212249
