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- U.S. Navy Commander Kirk Lippold warned CIA officials minutes before 9/11 that a catastrophic soil attack was imminent.
- He had just briefed a senior CIA official on USS Cole intelligence before issuing the warning.
- Lippold said America would need a seminal event killing hundreds to understand the threat.
- He urged the United States to ruthlessly stop terrorism worldwide, regardless of method.
