CIA warned of threat of 'explosive airplane' years before 9/11, documents show
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CIA warnings to presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush reveal repeated warnings of an impending attack in the US Newly declassified documents show that three years before 9/11, US intelligence officials were discussing the possibility that al-Qaeda "may fly an explosive airplane into a US city".
中央情报局向比尔·克林顿和乔治·W·布什总统发出的警告显示，美国多次警告即将发生袭击 新解密的文件显示，9/11 事件发生前三年，美国情报官员正在讨论基地组织“可能驾驶一架爆炸性飞机飞往美国城市”的可能性。
On Friday, the 25th anniversary of hijacked planes being crashed into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, the CIA released 71 daily presidential briefs spanning from early 1998 to the day after the attacks.
周五，在世界贸易中心、五角大楼和宾夕法尼亚州机场被劫持飞机坠毁 25 周年之际，中央情报局发布了从 1998 年初到袭击发生后第二天的 71 份每日总统简报。
Another document, dated 12 September 2001, said the plot's existence was "widely known" in extremist circles.
另一份日期为 2001 年 9 月 12 日的文件称，该阴谋的存在在极端主义圈子中“广为人知”。
President's Daily Briefs are among the most secretive intelligence analyses in the US government, and typically remain classified for 40 or 50 years after publication.
总统每日简报是美国政府最秘密的情报分析之一，通常在发布后 40 或 50 年内仍处于机密状态。
"Twenty-five years ago, the 9/11 attacks struck a blow to our nation, but they did not break us," CIA Director John Ratlcliffe said in a statement "Generations of C.I.A. officers have since dedicated their careers to securing justice for our fallen Americans and ensuring Al Qaeda would never again harm our country," he added.
中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫在一份声明中说：“二十五年前，9/11 袭击对我们的国家造成了沉重打击，但它们并没有击垮我们。” 他补充说：“从那以后，一代又一代的中央情报局官员将他们的职业生涯奉献给了为我们死去的美国人伸张正义，并确保基地组织永远不会再伤害我们的国家。”
Of the 71 documents published by the CIA, 69 have never been seen by the public.
在中央情报局公布的 71 份文件中，有 69 份从未被公众见过。
The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.
这些简报——其中许多仍经过大量编辑——是在克林顿和布什政府期间制定的。
They show increasing alarm over the al-Qaeda network and its leader, Osama Bin Laden.
他们对基地组织网络及其领导人奥萨马·本·拉登表现出越来越大的警惕。
They also echo the assessment of the official commission that reviewed what happened that day that US intelligence repeatedly warned of a potential attack, but had few details or sense of the scale of what was coming.
他们还呼应了官方委员会的评估，该委员会审查了当天发生的事情，美国情报部门多次警告可能发生袭击，但对即将发生的事件的规模知之甚少。
One briefing document, dated 10 September 1998, reported Bin Laden's preferred location for a strike was within the US, with Washington a prime target. The group, a CIA analyst wrote, "may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city".
1998 年 9 月 10 日的一份简报文件称，本·拉登首选的袭击地点是美国境内，华盛顿是主要目标。 中央情报局分析师写道，该组织“可能驾驶一架装有爆炸物的飞机飞往美国城市”。
While the 9/11 Commission's 2004 report noted US intelligence believed al-Qaeda was considering using an airplane in the attack, it was never clear that the warning reached then-President Bill Clinton.
虽然 9/11 委员会 2004 年的报告指出，美国情报部门认为基地组织正在考虑使用飞机进行袭击，但当时的总统比尔·克林顿是否收到了这一警告，这一点始终不清楚。
Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were already well-known to the US intelligence community in1998.
本拉登和基地组织早在 1998 年就已为美国情报界所熟知。
In August that year, they attacked US embassies in both Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people and prompting the US to strike targets in Afghanistan and Sudan with cruise missiles.
同年8月，他们袭击了美国驻肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚大使馆，造成224人死亡，并促使美国用巡航导弹袭击阿富汗和苏丹的目标。
One document written on 28 August 1998 - 21 days after the embassy attacks and eight days after the US retaliation - warned that the network remained intact and that Bin Laden was actively "considering attacks in the US".
一份写于 1998 年 8 月 28 日的文件，即大使馆袭击事件发生后 21 天，美国报复行动发生后 8 天，警告说该网络仍然完好无损，本拉登正在积极“考虑在美国发动袭击”。
Only one of the presidential briefings in the release comes from after the attacks.
新闻稿中只有一份总统简报来自袭击事件发生后。
It was sent to the White House 0400 on 12 September, just under 20 hours from when the first aircraft struck the World Trade Center in New York.
该信息于 9 月 12 日以 0400 号发送至白宫，距第一架飞机撞击纽约世贸中心仅不到 20 小时。
The report noted that "mounting evidence" suggested extremists in Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf "were aware" the attack had been imminent. Another partially redacted sentence said the plot was "widely known" among extremists and that Bin Laden may have relocated to Kabul, in Afghanistan, to avoid conflict with the country's Taliban rulers with whom he had "clashed" over the plan.
报告指出，“越来越多的证据”表明，阿富汗和波斯湾的极端分子“意识到”袭击即将发生。 另一份经过部分修改的句子称，该阴谋在极端分子中“广为人知”，本·拉登可能已转移到阿富汗的喀布尔，以避免与该国塔利班统治者发生冲突，他曾因该计划与塔利班统治者发生“冲突”。
The then-head of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, was reported to have been evacuated with his family from the southern Afghan city of Kandahar immediately following the attacks.
据报道，塔利班时任领导人毛拉·奥马尔在袭击发生后立即与家人从阿富汗南部城市坎大哈撤离。
Less than a month later, the US and its allies invaded Afghanistan, seeking to destroy al-Qaeda.
不到一个月后，美国及其盟国入侵阿富汗，试图摧毁基地组织。
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间谍、策略和错失的机会：人们如何吸取 9/11 的教训 9/11：9 月 11 日的袭击发生了什么？有多少人死亡？
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