2001: At some point during the year, Julie Sirrs, a Defense Intelligence Agency agent, travels twice to Afghanistan.ÊShe claims DIA officials knew in advance about both trips.ÊSirrs sees a terrorist training center, and meets with Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Massoud, who is later assassinated by the Taliban on September 9.ÊOn her second trip she returns with what she later claims is a treasure trove of information, including evidence that bin Laden is planning to assassinate Massoud. However, upon returning, a security officer meets her flight and confiscates her material.ÊThe DIA and the FBI investigate her.ÊShe says no higher-ups want to hear what she had learned in Afghanistan.ÊUltimately, Sirrs' security clearance is pulled and she resigned.ÊShe eventually quits the DIA in frustration.Ê[ABC News, 2/18/02]