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While much work still needs to be done on the counterterrorism front, CIA officers should be proud of the many, many contributions they have made since 2001. Indeed, the CIA now works more closely than ever with its domestic and foreign partners to thwart the plans of al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups. And we will always hold dear the memory of those lost to terrorism on that day and in the years since."<br></i></p> <p align="right">—DCIA John O. Brennan, Message to the Workforce, September 11, 2013</p> <h2 align="center">*     *     *     *     *</h2> <p><b>2017</b></p> <ul> <li><a class="external-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/"><b>November 1, 2017</b></a> - CIA Releases Nearly 470,000 Additional Files Recovered in May 2011 Raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s Compound</li> </ul> <p><b><br></b></p> <p><b>2011</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2011/justice-done.html" class="internal-link"><b>May 2, 2011</b></a> - Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon E. Panetta on the Death of Usama Bin Ladin</li> </ul> <p><b><br></b></p> <p><b>2010</b></p> <ul> <li><b><a title="Message from the Director: Lessons from Khowst" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2010/message-from-the-director-lessons-from-khowst.html" class="internal-link">October 19, 2010</a> -</b> <span class="topicDescription">Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon E. Panetta on Lessons from Khowst</span></li> <li><b><a title="Message from the Director: Remembering September 11th" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2010/remembering-september-11th.html" class="internal-link">September 10, 2010</a> -</b><span class="topicDescription"> Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon E. Panetta on Remembering September 11th</span></li> <li><b><a title="CIA Honors Fallen Colleagues" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2010/cia-honors-fallen-colleagues.html" class="internal-link">June 7, 2010</a> - </b><span class="topicDescription">CIA Honors Fallen Colleagues</span></li> <li><b><a title="President Obama and CIA Director Panetta Speak at CIA Memorial Service" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2010/president-and-cia-director-speak-at-memorial-service.html" class="internal-link">February 16, 2010</a> - </b><span class="topicDescription">President Obama and CIA Director Panetta Speak at CIA Memorial Service (February 5, 2010)</span></li> <li><b><a title="Director Panetta's Op-Ed on Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2010/director-panettas-op-ed-on-terrorist-attack-in-afghanistan.html" class="internal-link">January 11, 2010</a> - </b><span class="topicDescription">Director Panetta's Op-Ed on Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan</span></li> </ul> <p><b><br></b></p> <p><b>2009</b></p> <ul> <li><b><a title="Statement on CIA Casualties in Afghanistan" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/cia-casualties-in-afghanistan.html" class="internal-link">December 31, 2009</a> - </b>Statement on CIA Casualties in Afghanistan</li> <li><b><a title="Message from the Director: September 11th" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/september-11th.html" class="internal-link">September 10, 2009</a> - </b>Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon E. Panetta on September 11th</li> </ul> <p><b><br></b></p> <p><b>2008</b></p> <ul> <li><a title="Transcript of Director's Remarks at the Atlantic Council" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/speeches-testimony-archive-2008/directors-remarks-at-the-atlantic-council.html" class="internal-link"><b>November 14, 2008</b></a> - Transcript of Remarks by Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden at the Atlantic Council (November 13, 2008)</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2007</b></p> <ul> <li><b><a title="General Hayden's Remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2007/general-haydens-remarks-at-the-council-on-foreign-relations.html">September 7, 2007</a></b> - Transcript of Remarks by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden at the Council on Foreign Relations (posted with permission from the Council on Foreign Relations)</li> <li><a title="Excerpt from D/CIA Statement to Senate Intel Committee" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/excerpt-from-d-cia-statement-to-senate-intel-committee.html"><b>January 11, 2007</b></a> - Excerpt from D/CIA Statement to Senate Intel Committee</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2006</b></p> <ul> <li><b> </b><b><a title="Director Hayden on the Current Situation in Iraq and Afghanistan" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2006/DCIA_SASC_Testimony.html">November 15, 2006</a></b><b> -</b> Director Hayden's Statement for the Record Before the Senate Armed Services Committee: The Current Situation in Iraq and Afghanistan</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2005</b></p> <ul> <li><a title="DCI Testimony: Global Intelligence Challenges 2005" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2005/Goss_testimony_02162005.html"><b>February 16, 2005</b></a> - DCI Porter J. Goss's Testimony on "Global Intelligence Challenges 2005: Meeting Long-Term Challenges with a Long-Term Strategy" Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2004</b></p> <ul> <ul> <li><b>June 4, 2004</b> - A Scapegoat is Not a Solution, by Paul Pillar, an Op-Ed Article Which Appeared in the <i>New York Times</i></li> <li><b><a title="Remarks Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2004/tenet_testimony_04142004.html">April 14, 2004</a></b> - Opening Remarks of Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States</li> <li><b><a title="DCI Statement to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the US" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2004/tenet_testimony_03242004pm.html">March 24, 2004</a></b> - Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet's Oral Statement before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (as delivered)</li> </ul> </ul> <p></p> <ul> <li><b><a title="DCI Written Statement for the Record" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2004/tenet_testimony_03242004.html">March 24, 2004</a></b> - Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet's Written Statement for the Record before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2003</b></p> <ul> <li><a title="Terrorist CBRN: Materials and Effects" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/terrorist_cbrn/terrorist_CBRN.htm"><b>June 3, 2003</b></a> - Terrorist CBRN: Materials and Effects</li> <li><a title="Iraqi Mobile Biological Warfare Agent Production Plants" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/iraqi_mobile_plants/index.html"><b>May 28, 2003</b></a> - Iraqi Mobile Biological Warfare Agent Production Plants</li> <li><a title="Testimony Before Senate Governmental Affairs Committee" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2003/wiley_speech_02262003.html"><b>February 26, 2003</b></a> - Testimony by Winston P. Wiley, Chair, Senior Steering Group, Terrorist Threat Integration Center, and Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Homeland Security, before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (as prepared for delivery)</li> <li><b>February 2003</b> - National Strategy for Combating Terrorism [<a title="National Strategy for Combating Terrorism" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/Counter_Terrorism_Strategy.pdf">PDF Only 268KB</a>*]</li> <li><a title="Putting Noncombatants at Risk: Saddam's Use of "Human Shields"" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/iraq_human_shields/index.html"><b>January 2003</b></a> - Putting Noncombatants at Risk: Saddam's Use of "Human Shields"</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2002</b></p> <ul> <li><a title="DCI Remarks at the Nixon Center Distinguished Service Award Banquet" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2002/dci_speech_12112002.html"><b>December 11, 2002</b></a> - Remarks by the Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet at the Nixon Center Distinguished Service Award Banquet</li> <li><a title="Written Statement for the Record of the DCI" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2002/dci_testimony_10172002.html"><b>October 17, 2002</b></a> - Written Statement for the Record of the Director of Central Intelligence Before the Joint Inquiry Committee</li> <li><a title="DCI Testimony Before the Joint Inquiry into Terrorist Attacks Against the United States" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2002/dci_testimony_06182002.html"><b>June 18, 2002</b></a> - Unclassified Version of Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet's Testimony before the Joint Inquiry into Terrorist Attacks Against the United States</li> </ul> <p><b><br>2001</b></p> <ul> <li><a title="President George W. Bush’s Remarks CIA Workforce" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2001/bush_speech_09262001.html"><b>September 26, 2001</b></a> - DCI George J. Tenet and President George W. Bush's Remarks to the CIA workforce</li> <li> <p><a title="DCI Message on National Day of Prayer and Remembrance" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2001/dci_speech_09142001.html"><b>September 14, 2001</b></a> - Message from Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet on National Day of Prayer and Remembrance</p> </li> <li> <p><a title="Director Tenet's Statement to CIA Workforce About Terrorist Attacks" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2001/dci_speech_09122001.html"><b>September 12, 2001</b></a> - DCI Statement to CIA Employees</p> </li> </ul> <p><b><br>Excerpt compilations</b></p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/pub_statements_terrorism.html">Public Statements on Terrorism and Usama Bin Ladin</a> since July 1997</li> <li><a title="Statements on Potential Terrorist Use of CBRN Agents" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/public-statements-on-potential-terrorist-use-of-chemical-biological-radiological-and-nuclear-cbrn-agents.html">Public Statements on Potential Terrorist Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Agents</a> since July 1997</li> <li><b><a title=""Global Trends 2015" Terrorism-Related Excerpts" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/terrorism-related-excerpts-from-global-trends-2015-a-dialogue-about-the-future-with-nongovernment-experts.html">December 2000</a> </b>- Terrorism-related Excerpts from Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts</li> <li><a title="DCI on the Need to Strengthen the DO" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/director-of-central-intelligence-george-j-tenet-statements-on-the-need-to-strengthen-the-directorate-of-operations.html"><b>May 5, 1998</b></a> - Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet Statements on the Need to Strengthen the Directorate of Operations</li> </ul> <p><b><br>Reference</b></p> <ul> <li><a title="Terrorism FAQs" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/terrorism-faqs.html">Terrorism FAQs</a></li> <li><a title="cbrbook.htm" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cbr_handbook/cbrbook.htm">Chemical/Biological/Radiological Incident Handbook</a></li> <li><a title="Related Links" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/related-links.html">Related Links</a></li> <li><a title="DCI Counterterrorist Center "Terrorist Buster" logo" href="/web/20200902124834/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/cia-the-war-on-terrorism/dci-counterterrorist-center-terrorist-buster-logo.html">DCI Counterterrorist Center "Terrorist Buster" logo</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p class="disclaimer">* Adobe® Reader® is needed to view Adobe PDF files. 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