>The US didn't know Bin Ladin would have the hutzbah to send his people here to bring down couple of major landmarks murdering thousands of Americans. As long as he stayed on the other side of the world it was OK.

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Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate bin Laden since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US. Bin Laden implied in U.S. television interviews in 1997 and 1998 that his followers would follow the example of World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef and "bring the fighting to America."

from the August 6, 2001, presidential daily briefing entitled Bin Laden determined to strike in US.