Although the U.S. government was aware of the al Qaeda threat, senior policy makers had received no warning that the terrorists would use planes as bombs to attack the homeland, National Security ...

Condoleezza Rice admitted she carries “deep personal remorse” for not doing enough to prevent 9/11. “Those of us in authority on that day did not see the nature of the danger in time to prevent the ...

A week before the September 11 attacks in 2001, US President George W Bush met with several members of his administration in the White House Situation Room to discuss al-Qaeda. On the agenda was one ...

Former US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice speaks during the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on Friday, September 11, 2026.