Risen, James,
and David Johnston. "In Overheard Calls, Terrorists
Spoke of Major Attack, Officials Say." New York Times, 2 Nov.
2001. [http://www.nytimes.com]
Materials arranged chronologically.
Risen, James,
and David Johnston. "In Overheard Calls, Terrorists
Spoke of Major Attack, Officials Say." New York Times, 2 Nov.
2001. [http://www.nytimes.com]
"Government officials intercepted telephone conversations in recent days in which members of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, Al Qaeda, spoke urgently of an imminent attack against American targets even larger than the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, senior government officials say."
Risen, James.
"Secret C.I.A. Site in New York Was Destroyed
on Sept. 11." New York Times, 4 Nov. 2001. [http://www.nytimes.com]
According to government officials, the CIA's "clandestine New York station was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.... The ... station was in the 47-story building at 7 World Trade Center.... All of the agency's employees at the site were safely evacuated soon after the hijacked planes hit the twin towers, the officials said."
Gordon, Michael
R. "Special Forces Hunt Al Qaeda on the Ground."
New York Times, 15 Nov. 2001. [http://www.nytimes.com]
Senior U.S officials said on 15 November 2001 that "[m]ore than 100 American commandos are in southern Afghanistan, driving around in special vehicles and carrying out covert operations against the Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders."
Loeb,
Vernon, and Josh White. "CIA Reports Officer Killed in Prison Uprising."
Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2001, A27. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
A statement by DCI George Tenet on 28 November 2001 acknowledged that CIA Directorate of Operations officer Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann had been killed in an uprising by Taliban prisoners near Mazar-i-Sharif on 25 November 2001. Spann's is the first U.S. combat death in Afghanistan since the beginning of the military campaign.
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