The declassified presidential daily intelligence briefing from Aug. 6, 2001 (a month before the World Trade Center attacks) was released by the George W Bush White House. Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US (Osama Bin Laden)

[David Corn] gives some of the history of the briefing. The existence of the August 6 [PDB] was first revealed by [CBS] News' [David Martin] on May 15, 2002. But Martin's report only referred to the [PDB] in one sentence that noted the [PDB] had warned that an attack by bin Laden could involve hijacking U.S. aircraft. [CBS] did not report the title of the briefing or any other material it contained... And several days after the [PDB] story broke, [Ari Fleischer], then Bush's press secretary, told reporters that the headline on the document was "Bin Laden Determined To Strike the United States." That is, he had changed an "in" to a "the"--an alteration of significance, since the White House line has been that the pre-9/11 chatter had the administration looking for attacks on targets outside the United States.

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