CIA Declassifies Dozens of Never-Before-Seen Intelligence Reports Related to 9/11

TL;DR

The CIA released 71 intelligence reports related to the period before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The documents were part of the President's Daily Brief (PDB) for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Reports indicate al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden were determined to strike the U.S. and were seeking chemical, biological, and nuclear substances.
Intelligence suggested bin Laden had significant investments in Afghanistan's drug trade and was developing more addictive drugs.
Specific warnings included a memo from September 1998 that extremists might fly an explosive-packed airplane into a U.S. city, with bin Laden preferring to strike on U.S. soil.
A declassified August 2001 memo, titled 'Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US,' noted suspicious activity in the U.S. consistent with preparations for hijackings or other attacks.
The 9/11 Commission report found that the intelligence community recognized the unprecedented number and severity of threat reports in the summer of 2001.
A report from September 12, 2001, indicated that Sunni extremists were aware of imminent bin Laden-directed attacks and that targets might have included the Capitol and the White House.

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