On September 26, 2001, Kerry said closing BCCI dealt bin Laden a serious financial blow.
At the Senate Banking hearing, John Kerry attributed knowledge of bin Laden’s BCCI accounts to later law-enforcement and intelligence information. He said the closure caused a “very serious economic blow” because of their size. The transcript supplies no account balances.
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Supporting evidence (2)
Senate Banking hearing, September 26, 2001
primary-origin recordPDF p.13 / printed p.9, Kerry statement
“we dealt him a very serious economic blow because of the size of those accounts”
What this establishes: What Kerry publicly stated about bin Laden’s BCCI accounts.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg81577/pdf/CHRG-107shrg81577.pdfShow source → passage → interpretation → assertion
Senate Banking hearing, September 26, 2001
Open original documentwe dealt him a very serious economic blow because of the size of those accounts
PDF p.13 / printed p.9, Kerry statement
exact quoteWhat Kerry publicly stated about bin Laden’s BCCI accounts.
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Alternative reading / remaining record
Retrieve the underlying intelligence or law-enforcement account reports and balances.
primary-origin documentary support — What Kerry publicly stated about bin Laden’s BCCI accounts.
Congressional Record, October 25, 2001
primary-origin recordSenate proceedings, S10990-2
Kerry repeated the BCCI-account statement in the Congressional Record.
What this establishes: A second official record of the same speaker’s assertion, rather than an independent account ledger.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2001-10-25/html/CREC-2001-10-25-pt1-PgS10990-2.htmShow source → passage → interpretation → assertion
Congressional Record, October 25, 2001
Open original documentKerry repeated the BCCI-account statement in the Congressional Record.
Senate proceedings, S10990-2
reviewed summary; not a verbatim quotationA second official record of the same speaker’s assertion, rather than an independent account ledger.
Scope: The quoted or summarized proposition is limited to the entity, period and procedural context identified in this document.
Alternative reading / remaining record
Retrieve the underlying intelligence or law-enforcement account reports and balances.
primary-origin documentary support — A second official record of the same speaker’s assertion, rather than an independent account ledger.
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Where this meets litigation
Supplies the attributed BCCI → bin Laden part of the graph. The Al Shamal civil cases are a separate evidentiary connection, not adjudication of Kerry’s BCCI-account statement.
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