Initial 9/11 plot bigger, panel reports

WASHINGTON - The al-Qaida figure who planned the Sept. 11 attacks initially envisioned an even more devastating plot to hijack 10 planes and crash nine of them into nuclear power plants, FBI headquarters and buildings in California, but was overruled by Osama bin Laden, who found the plan too complex, the bipartisan commission investigating the attacks said yesterday.

By Laura Sullivan

June 17, 2004