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Spring 1999: US Uncovers Bin Laden Plans to Attack Washington

US intelligence learns of a planned bin Laden attack on a US government facility in Washington (the specific facility targeted has not been identified). [US Congress, 9/18/2002; New York Times, 9/18/2002]