Report: FBI Informant Knew 9/11 Hijackers

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Who would of thunk?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20030721/ap_on_go_co/attacks_congressional_probe

WASHINGTON (AP) - An FBI informant knew two of the Sept. 11 hijackers but never suspected they were terrorists, according to a congressional report that nonetheless concludes no single piece of information could have prevented the attacks.

The unidentified informant was with Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi in San Diego during the summer of 2000, although the nature of their relationship was unclear.

Almihdhar and Alhazmi recently had been linked by U.S. intelligence officials to possible terrorist activity, but that information apparently had not been shared with the FBI, the report said. Nothing the two men said or did in the presence of the informant aroused suspicion.

Almihdhar and Alhazmi were aboard American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon. The informant also may have been introduced to Hani Hanjour, who U.S. officials believe piloted that hijacked plane.

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[htuttle]

1. Never suspected a thing

He just thought they weren't very good at flying the Microsoft Flight Simulator around New York.

:eyes:

[leQ]

2. open wide

it's an extra big pill this time

[sfecap]

3. "no single piece of information could have prevented ...

...the attacks".

There you have it.

Nothing to see here. Move along folks.

[JackSwift]

4. If Clinton's anti-terrorism bill had passed

9/11 probably would not have happened. But the Repukes didn't want people having more government jobs.

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. I guess he never noticed those big fat checks

they were getting from Prince Bandar's wife. They blew through at least $130,000 of her money. That's a lot of petty cash for a couple of foreigners who didn't have steady jobs.