Burns,John

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Just two days before the Sep11th-attack, the NY Times published a lengthy and chilling article about Osama Bin Laden by reporter John Burns. But some time after 9-11, the Times scrubbed this article, replacing it with a completely different article that Burns wrote on 9-12. Both articles discuss a 2-hour videotape by Bin Laden that intelligence agencies first saw in June 2001, but ignored until September 2001. The article was originally published here: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/international/asia/09OSAM.html The original article was mirrored on various websites and included this line: "Intelligence officials who have analyzed the tape now say it features the fullest exposition yet of Mr. bin Laden's views, as well as his terrorist strategy, and thus provides a rough road map of where his organization, Al-Qaeda, is headed. ...Vincent Cannistraro, former head of counterterrorist operations for the Central Intelligence Agency, who reviewed the tape, said Mr. bin Laden's warnings of new attacks should be taken seriously..."