In the early 1980's The Muslim Brotherhood, with members of the Bin Laden family, began operating an Islamic bank, the Al Taqwa. The Al Taqwa (Arabic for "piety") network of financial companies was set up in 1988 by prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably Al Taqwa's chairman and co-founder, Youssef Nada. Later, Ahmed Huber, a vocal admirer of the Muslim Brotherhood, was hired because the company needed at least one Swiss citizen on its board. Huber was also a Muslim convert. The banks assets were frozen in the days after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks for allegedly having direct ties to notable Islamic fundamnetlist groups such as Hamas and Al Qaeda. Meanwhile other financial links to Al Qaeda, such as Mohammad Salah, captured in Israel where he admitted that there were a number of militant groups operating inside the United States. Chicago FBI agent, Robert Wright Jr. will later become part of an FBI operation, Vulgar Betrayal, where he would uncover a number of Islamic charities and militant orgaznaition operating with Al Taqwa, and other charities. However his investigations were hindered by his superiors. Meanwhile the CIA and Israeli Mossad would conduct covert operations inside the United States and Sudan. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROfq3uPQIh8

Former founding member of Al Qaeda, Jamal al-Fadl, becomes an informant for the United States government and tells intelligence services and US prosecutors about the inner workings and operations of Al Qaeda during 1996-1997. Before he decided to cooperate, the FBI had no idea what the group led by Bin Laden, worked or even how it operated. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zTfIUpL9k

I read from the FBI's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report which was publicly released in June 2006. In this section of the chapter, the Office of the Inspector General concluded that the evidence shows that the FBI was not made aware that during the early January 2001 debriefing the source identified Khallad in the photographs of the Malaysia meetings. Due to the OIG’s lack of complete access to CIA employees and documents, we were unable to fully examine why the CIA did not inform the New York agents that the source had identified Khallad in the Kuala Lumpur photographs at the early January debriefing. A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks: Chapter Five, Part Three (OIG Conclusions Regarding Whether The FBI Was Aware Of The Source’s Identification Of Khallad In The Kuala Lumpur Photograph) https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/s0606/chapter5.htm#IIB1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUFIPYk_-sM

I read from the FBI's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report which was publicly released in June 2006. In this section of the chapter, On August 21, Mary (Margaret Gillespie) located the CIA cables referencing Nawaf al-Hazmi’s travel to the United States on January 15, 2000. Mary checked with a U.S. Customs Service representative to the CTC about Hazmi’s and Mihdhar’s travel. She discovered that Mihdhar had entered the United States on July 4, 2001, and had not departed. In addition, she confirmed that Hazmi had traveled to the United States in January 2000. A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks: Chapter Three, Section E (Discovery Of Khalid al-Mihdhar’s Entry Into The United States): https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/s0606/chapter5.htm#IIB1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgfmcjIXflo