2000 Al Qaeda Summit

The 2000 Al-Qaeda Summit was held from January 5 to January 8, 2000 at the Kuala Lumpur Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Malaysian authorities learned of the summit beforehand, and, along with and at the request of the CIA, videotaped it. The summit had 15 Al Qaeda's top operatives in it, including Jemaah Islamiah's Riduan Isamuddin (better known as Hambali), and September 11 hijackers Nawaf Al-Hazmi and Khalid Almihdhar.

The summit's purpose was to plan future terrorist attacks, which apparently included the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the September 11 plot.

Hambali had planned his meeting with Almidhar and Alhazmi, and all three attended the meeting, which was caught on tape. However, the meeting was not wiretapped, therefore, discussions were not heard.