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...Qaeda figures has caused Attash to rise rapidly in the al-Qaeda ranks to become one of the organization?s most senior executives. U.S. officials say Attash presided over a key al-Qaeda convocation in Kuala Lumpur in January 2000, along with hijackers al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Midhar. At the time, the CIA had vague knowledge that the session involved al-Qaeda figures and asked the Malaysian police to videotape them arriving. But no audiotape was made. Shortly after the Cole bombing in October 2000, and the identification of Attash as the operational commander, the CIA realized that...
...attack scheme while living in Hamburg, Germany, flew American Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Al-Shehhi, a member of Atta's Hamburg al-Qaeda cell, crashed United Flight 175 into the World Trade Center's south tower. Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Midhar spearheaded the hijacking of American Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon...
...officials confirm that there is an ongoing investigation into whether Omar Al Bayoumi, a Saudi who befriended two 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf Al Hazmi and Khalid Al Midhar, when all three were living in San Diego, funneled money or other support to them. The investigation has concluded that Bayoumi, now in England, had no idea the pair were Al Qaeda terrorists and aided them only out of hospitality. But the FBI is still trying to sort out his sources of funds, some of which, other officials now tell TIME, came through third parties with links to the Saudi Royal family...
...days of the Clinton Administration or the early days of Bush's term. White House official Richard Clarke, who will testify before Congress this week, ran the CSG during both terms.) In early 2000 the CIA identified two attendees of the meeting as Nawaz al Hamzi and Khalid al Midhar. The pair would eventually help hijack Flight 77 and crash it into the Pentagon. In 2000, while tracking the two, the CIA failed to refer them to the INS's terrorism watch list, allowing them to enter the U.S. A congressional intelligence source told TIME that there is "a significant...
...DIEGO Hijackers Nawaq Alhamzi and Khalid al-Midhar lived in California in 1999 and 2000, receiving visitors and taking flying lessons...