USS Cole commander recalls chilling 9/11 warning at CIA just 20 minutes before first plane hit

USS Cole Commander Kirk Lippold warned CIA officials of an imminent attack 20 minutes before American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Lippold held the rank of commander at the time of the warning. The specific circumstances of how Lippold obtained this information and what response the CIA officials took were not detailed in the available account.

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