INTELWIRE'S EXCLUSIVE 9/11 FILES
SECRET 9/11 BRIEFING TO WORLD LEADERS
 Shortly after 9/11, U.S. embassies around the world were instructed to deliver a top-secret briefing to world leaders on the attacks of September 11. The report was a snapshot of everything the U.S. knew about al Qaeda at the time, including highly sensitive and classified intelligence helping prove the case that Al Qaeda had carried out the attack. The briefing also implicated Al Qaeda for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1995 thwarted Bojinka plot. Embassies were instructed on Oct. 2, 2001, to deliver "oral briefings only and not [repeat] not leave the document" in hard copy form.
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FBI 9/11 DOCUMENTS
 INTELFILES (the INTELWIRE document blog) has posted the final installment of the FBI's secret 9/11 files, chronologically indexed. These documents were obtained by INTELWIRE through a Freedom of Information Act for all documents cited in the footnotes of the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission.
In addition to the documents already posted, a handful of extremely significant FBI documents remain and will be posted over the next several weeks, as well as thousands of pages of additional material from other branches of the U.S. government.
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STATE DEPT. 9/11 FILES
Previously secret State Department cables reveal the history of U.S. diplomatic pressure on Osama bin Laden, in secret meetings with top Taliban leaders, including a close aide to the infamous Mullah Omar (right), now in hiding because of his role protecting Al Qaeda before and after the September 11 attacks. These documents, published exclusively on INTELFILES.com, also illuminate negotiations with Saudi Arabia and the Sudan regarding bin Laden's activities. The documents were cited in the footnotes of the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission.
State Department Secret Al Qaeda Cables
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9/11 COMMISSION'S PAKISTAN INTERVIEWS
 In light of recent developments in Pakistan, it's useful and interesting to take a look at some of the interviews conducted in Pakistan by the 9/11 Commission, which spoke with State Department hands, Pakistani officials at various levels and local journalists. What immediately grabs you about these accounts is the breathtaking state of denial among Pakistani officials. One wonders what they think now.
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YEMEN THREAT FULFILLED
 Three weeks ago, Ayman Al Zawahiri made an unusually direct and explicit call for attacks on Western interests in Yemen. Last weekend, a suicide bomber struck tourist in Yemen. Officials said today they believe the attacker was affiliated with Al Qaeda. There are two lessons in this. First, that we should pay attention to what Zawahiri says, and second, that corporate Al Qaeda has not been rendered toothless, as some have argued.
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TOPIC INDEX OF INTELWIRE DOCUMENTS
Note: This site is being significantly redesigned. The topic index here is being replaced with a tag system on INTELFILES.com. This process will take several months. However, the index and the documents page will be maintained indefinitely for archival finding purposes. Your patience is appreciated.
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ABU MANSOUR, AMERICAN JIHADI
 Abu Mansour Al Amriki is the newest American to show up in an Al Qaeda-linked organization, namely the Somalian Al Shabab militia, which was highlighted a few weeks ago in a communique from Al Qaeda's nominal No. 2, Ayman Al-Zawahiri. Abu Mansor is shown taking part in an ambush of what was characterized as Ethiopian and Somali troops at a location the video calls "Bardal," or Bargaal. "Our main objective, one of the things that we seek for [indiscernible] is to die as martyrs," said Mansour. He also encouraged viewers to send their own children to join the ranks of martyrs in Somalia.
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VIDEO
Al Jazeera has posted the hour-long Arabic-language documentary "Killing Abu Baraa," which aired in 2007 as an installment of the investigative program "Top Secret with Yosri Fouda." The show focuses on the life and death of Mohammed Jamal Khalifa. INTELWIRE's J.M. Berger is featured in the program.
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SOURCEBOOKS
 INTELWIRE Sourcebooks are collections of primary source documents with a focus on terrorism and extremism -- including court records, trial transcripts, exhibits, intelligence documents, internal law enforcement documents, policy papers and State Department cables. These collections are designed to give everyone access to the same high-quality original, reference material used by journalists, authors, academics and counterterrorism experts. Look forward to several new releases in 2009. Click here for more information.
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Secret military reports released by Wikileaks reveal a plethora of nuggets of intelligence, some reliable, some less so, but all intriguing. However the reports contain few references to the activities of Al Qaeda and its leaders.
The U.S. Department of Labor gave millions of dollars to a joint venture that included a Yemeni charity with extensive links to Al Qaeda. The $3.5 million grant funded a three-year partnership between the Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW), based in Yemen, and CHF International, a Maryland-based foundation, to fight child labor and child trafficking starting in fiscal year 2008. The charity has multiple connections to Al Qaeda and once hired Anwar Awlaki as a vice president.