was discovered that the group behind the bridge‘bomb was a Saudi terrorist group in Afghanistan known as al-Qaeda and the plot was masterminded by Osama bin Ladenk543 Until recently, this thwarted assassination attempt was never made public and remained top secret. Only top members of the U.S. intelligen

tions. See, e.g., Bierstein Aff. in Opp. to Prince Sultan's Motion to Dismiss, Exs. 2-10, 14, 15, 18, 20 (including reports and fatwas summarizing Osama bin Lad- en's and al Qaeda's repeated public threats to and denouncement of the United States). There is no question that in the years leading up to t