# FBI doesn't mention 9/11? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222 "2011-11-27T06:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pawsrent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Pawsrent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pawsrent)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/1 "2011-11-27T06:23:32Z")
Recently I was looking through the FBI most wanted list like a sometimes do, and I decided to look at Usama Bin Laden’s profile. It mentioned his terrorist activities and being the head of Al-Qaeda, but not once his connection with 9/11. What’s the deal? That must be the most famous terrorist attack in the history of the US! Why don’t they mention it?! And to make things easy, here’s a link. [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten](http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten) ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/2 "2011-11-27T06:28:04Z")
He was added to the list before 9/11 (see [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives)). I guess they just didn’t update his profile. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/3 "2011-11-27T08:35:31Z")
9/11 was mentioned on his Rewards for Justice page. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/4 "2011-11-27T14:58:34Z")
I remember going into the U.S. Consulate in Ottawa years ago and seeing his wanted poster with 911 being mentioned while also thinking to myself, Your days are numbered cocksucker. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/5 "2011-11-27T15:11:47Z")
From Wikipedia (bolding mine): > [@](#): > > Although bin Laden later appeared on the first publicly released FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list on October 10, 2001, he was listed there for his alleged role in the 1998 embassy attack, and **not for his alleged role in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, because the most wanted lists name fugitives charged with a crime by a prosecutor or under indictment by a grand jury.** Bin Laden was named as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in, for instance, the federal indictment against convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, **but has not been formally indicted for his alleged role in the September 11, 2001, attacks.** ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/6 "2011-11-27T15:46:36Z")
Conspiracy! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/7 "2011-11-29T03:05:19Z")
Don’t we keep up the meme that 9/11 was NOT a crime, but an act of war? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-doesnt-mention-9-11/604222/8 "2011-11-30T16:35:37Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Don’t we keep up the meme that 9/11 was NOT a crime, but an act of war? I personally don’t see why it can’t be both. You have people committing crimes in order to start a war.