terrorism

9/11 Hijacker: Mohamed Atta

Background Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta was an Egyptian hijacker and Islamic terrorist and one of the ringleaders of…

August 11, 2021

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Records on 9/11/01 Terrorist Attacks

The following documents have been declassified by the CIA pertaining to the 9/11 attacks. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Inspector General…

August 4, 2021

Facilitating Disaster: An Overview of 11 September Finance, 22 August 2002

"The financial transactions that supported the 11 September attacks in many ways reflected the overall nature of the operation, relying…

July 27, 2021

Kenyan National Indicted for Conspiring to Hijack Aircraft on Behalf of the Al Qaeda-Affiliated Terrorist Organization Al Shabaab

Background On December 16, 2020, the Department of Justice unsealed the indictment charging Cholo Abdi Abdullah. You can find their…

December 16, 2020

Terrorism Review for January 1999, CIA

Background This is the "Terrorism Review" for January 1999, as created by the CIA and released to The Black Vault…

November 22, 2020