Before September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation knew that individuals involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were taking flying lessons, recruiting people, and conducting surveillance flights, and the agencies did nothing to stop them.
NOT BSTOTAL BS
TOTAL BS — Verdict: False
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The Short Version
The evidence does not support this specific allegation. Official investigations found that U.S. agencies had fragmented warnings about al-Qaeda, flight training, and future hijackers, but not documented knowledge that people involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were carrying out those activities before 9/11. The claim merges distinct individuals and events into a single unsupported story.
Caveats
The claim conflates the 1993 World Trade Center bombers with later al-Qaeda operatives and 9/11 hijackers.
Broad intelligence failures before 9/11 were real, but that does not prove knowledge of these exact individuals' flight training, recruiting, or surveillance flights.
Low-quality sources promoting 'foreknowledge' narratives often overstate or misattribute official findings.