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9/11 Commission Staff Monograph on Terrorist Financing (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 2004)

Government Report

The staff monograph on terrorist financing prepared for the US National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission), which found that Osama bin Laden did not personally bankroll al-Qaeda from a large inherited fortune, that his own income from family sources was roughly one million US dollars a year between 1970 and 1994, and that al-Qaeda's pre-9/11 running costs, estimated by the CIA at about 30 million US dollars a year, were raised almost entirely through donations and diverted charitable funds rather than from bin Laden's personal wealth.

Facts
Citation
Publisher
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Publication Year
2004
URL
https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/staff_statements/911_TerrFin_Monograph.pdf
Source Type
Government report
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier 1: an official US government commission staff document, a primary government report.
Connections

Associated With

Al-Qaeda, Secular Organizations

This source names Al-Qaeda directly: "bin Laden did not personally bankroll al-Qaeda from a large inherited fortune, that his own income from family sources was roughly one million US dollars a year between 1970 and 1994, and that..."

Source 9/11 Commission Staff Monograph on Terrorist Financing (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 2004)
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9/11 Commission Staff Monograph on Terrorist Financing (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 2004)
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Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Secular Organizations, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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