‘I’m 99.9% Confident that We Did Not Have This Video’: Morell on New 9/11 Evidence

BRENNAN I want to ░░░░░░░░ you about some video ░░░░░░░░ CBS broadcast earlier this ░░░░░░░░ 60 MINUTES obtained it ░░░░░░░░ s Saudi national Omar ░░░░░░░░ Bayoumi walking around the ░░░░░░░░ S Capitol back in ░░░░░░░░ We re seeing that ░░░░░░░░ now It was shot ░░░░░░░░ 90 days of the ░░░░░░░░ when senior al Qaeda ░░░░░░░░ were deciding on 9 ░░░░░░░░ targets according to the ░░░░░░░░ At the time you ░░░░░░░░ at the CIA We ░░░░░░░░ now the FBI identified ░░░░░░░░ man Al Bayoumi as ░░░░░░░░ intelligence operative with close ░░░░░░░░ to two of the ░░░░░░░░ 11 hijackers But in ░░░░░░░░ 9 11 Commission report ░░░░░░░░ said there was no ░░░░░░░░ evidence that he was ░░░░░░░░ violent extremist or aided ░░░░░░░░ Now that you have ░░░░░░░░ this video what do ░░░░░░░░ think it reveals Mike ░░░░░░░░ No doubt in my ░░░░░░░░ that it is a ░░░░░░░░ video That it is ░░░░░░░░ casing video for some ░░░░░░░░ of terrorist attack number ░░░░░░░░ Number two pretty clear ░░░░░░░░ me that Al Bayoumi ░░░░░░░░ was either working for ░░░░░░░░ Qaeda or was al ░░░░░░░░ Did he know about ░░░░░░░░ 9 11 attacks Probably ░░░░░░░░ Did he know that ░░░░░░░░ two individuals he was ░░░░░░░░ with were 9 11 ░░░░░░░░ Probably not But but ░░░░░░░░ doubt in my mind ░░░░░░░░ al Qaeda tasked him ░░░░░░░░ do this casing video ░░░░░░░░ video is chilling It ░░░░░░░░ chilling in terms of ░░░░░░░░ he was what what ░░░░░░░░ was videotaping His narration ░░░░░░░░ the top of it ░░░░░░░░ which is part what ░░░░░░░░ you it was a ░░░░░░░░ video and his his ░░░░░░░░ extremist comments Let me ░░░░░░░░ give you two examples ░░░░░░░░ On on the casing ░░░░░░░░ at one point he ░░░░░░░░ I will get over ░░░░░░░░ He s looking at ░░░░░░░░ Washington Monument I will ░░░░░░░░ over there and I ░░░░░░░░ report I will report ░░░░░░░░ you in detail what ░░░░░░░░ there He s talking ░░░░░░░░ somebody right He s ░░░░░░░░ and he talks about ░░░░░░░░ plan BRENNAN Not like ░░░░░░░░ tourist would MORELL Not ░░░░░░░░ a tourist video And ░░░░░░░░ in terms of the ░░░░░░░░ he s he s ░░░░░░░░ s looking at the ░░░░░░░░ and he says They ░░░░░░░░ that our kids are ░░░░░░░░ However these are the ░░░░░░░░ What he s looking ░░░░░░░░ BRENNAN So the FBI ░░░░░░░░ he was not a ░░░░░░░░ The 9 11 Commission ░░░░░░░░ concluded he was not ░░░░░░░░ threat You re saying ░░░░░░░░ s clear he was ░░░░░░░░ Qaeda and living under ░░░░░░░░ noses and examination of ░░░░░░░░ enforcement undetected He s ░░░░░░░░ living in Saudi Arabia ░░░░░░░░ we speak That s ░░░░░░░░ that s a pretty ░░░░░░░░ oversight by U S ░░░░░░░░ enforcement and intelligence Did ░░░░░░░░ CIA know about this ░░░░░░░░ MORELL We did not ░░░░░░░░ know I m 99 ░░░░░░░░ percent confident that we ░░░░░░░░ not have this video ░░░░░░░░ was the president s ░░░░░░░░ at the time If ░░░░░░░░ had shown me this ░░░░░░░░ I would have shown ░░░░░░░░ to the president BRENNAN ░░░░░░░░ was as I understand ░░░░░░░░ U K officials U ░░░░░░░░ intelligence that scooped up ░░░░░░░░ video MORELL Yes So ░░░░░░░░ so when he left ░░░░░░░░ United States he went ░░░░░░░░ the U K And ░░░░░░░░ after 9 11 the ░░░░░░░░ discovered that he had ░░░░░░░░ helped helped helped the ░░░░░░░░ 9 11 hijackers get ░░░░░░░░ first apartment He and ░░░░░░░░ the FBI learned that ░░░░░░░░ learned that he was ░░░░░░░░ the U K So ░░░░░░░░ go to the U ░░░░░░░░ government and they say ░░░░░░░░ they share all this ░░░░░░░░ The British government arrests ░░░░░░░░ detains him interrogates him ░░░░░░░░ all this material They ░░░░░░░░ they provided it back ░░░░░░░░ the FBI BRENNAN And ░░░░░░░░ just stayed at the ░░░░░░░░ apparently MORELL It looks ░░░░░░░░ looks that way.”