old news in a way

France knew in 2001 al-Qaida had a plot

PARIS - France's foreign intelligence service learned as early as January 2001 that al-Qaida was preparing a hijacking plot likely to involve a U.S. airplane, former intelligence officials said Monday, confirming a report that also said the CIA received the warning.

Le Monde newspaper said it had obtained 328 pages of classified documents on Osama bin Laden's terror network that were drawn up by the French spy service, the DGSE, between July 2000 and October 2001. The documents included a Jan. 5, 2001, intelligence report warning that al-Qaida was at work on a hijacking plot.

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This is kinda old news, really. Anyone remember "bin Laden determined to attack in the US"? I guess this is just confirmation that bush screwed up by ignoring all warnings that were common knowledge.