Immediately after September 11, 2001, bin Laden praised the attacks,[59] but denied responsibility for them.[60] On September 16, 2001, an Al Jazeera news presenter read a message purportedly signed by Osama bin Laden, in which the following words were stated: "I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation."[60][61]
In an interview with bin Laden, published in the Pakistani newspaper Ummat Karachi on September 28, 2001, he stated: "I have already said that I am not involved in the September 11 attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act."[62] There was reportedly no way to prove the e-mail published in Pakistan came from bin Laden. The Taliban denied he had access to any communications.[63][64]
Ezek után előkerül ez a kazetta, amin elismeri. Hogy mi az igazság, azt én nem tudom, de azt nehezen tudom elképzelni, hogy egy terrorista, aki kitervel, egy ilyen nagyszabású akciót, az a sikeres végrehajtás után letagadja hogy köze lenne hozzá? Ez valahogy olyan életszerűtlen, nem gondolod?