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CIA documents reveal warnings about attacks on the US from a group based in East Africa during the Clinton presidency.
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What happened
CIA documents reveal warnings about attacks on the US from a group based in East Africa during the Clinton presidency.
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What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- CIA files related to the Ground Zero anniversary were released, with intelligence provided to the White House.Sub-event
CIA documents detail warnings about US attacks originating from East Africa during Clinton's presidency.1 source
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The entities involved
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Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
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Central Intelligence Agency
national foreign intelligence agency of the United States
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East Africa
easterly region of the African continent
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