CIA Warned About Major Attack On US

by Brendan McGinty
The Sunday Mail
September 16, 2001

The CIA came under fresh scrutiny yesterday amid more claims that its agents were given warnings about the Twin Towers atrocity.

Sources close to Israeli intelligence agency Mossad revealed that a clear warning of a major attack on an American target was sent to US intelligence.

The latest warnings came "on or around September 4".

A former Israeli agent said: "I have heard the American media report that 'no credible warnings' were received. I don't believe that is true.

"The same claim was made after Lockerbie, and then it emerged a series of warnings had been received in the days leading up to the bombing.

"My understanding is that the warning was not specific. No target was identified. But it should have resulted in an increased state of security."

The Israeli claim was rejected by US intelligence, but it's been confirmed that a warning did come from Japan about an imminent attack.

The US embassy in Tokyo put out an alert on September 7 that a warning had been received of a major attack on US military targets.

And new questions are being asked after it emerged the CIA rejected a key warning three years ago.

The report to the CIA, called Terror 2000, stressed the US was vulnerable to an attack which could cause huge civilian casualties. But it was greeted with scepticism.

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