Report On The Joint House Inquiry (Financing Of The Attacks)
The Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 is the official name of the inquiry conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks. The investigation began in February 2002 and the final report was released in December 2002.
The Joint Inquiry received testimony from the Director of Central Intelligence and the Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency, and also examined the records of these agencies, to determine what the Intelligence Community knows now about the September 11 attacks. FBI Director Mueller described efforts by the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities “to find out everything we could about the hijackers and how they succeeded.”
Chapter Two: Narrative-The Attacks Of September 11,2001: Financing Of The Attacks
On May 14th 1994, Steven Butler, the FBI's Unit Chief of the San Diego field office, opened a Confidential Informant file (CI-01) on a Saudi who was quite known to the Islamic community in the city of Lemon Grove. His code name, "Stan". The FBI wanted to obtain information about a bombing that took place in the quiet city, "Stan" offered his services after a meeting took place between him and his handler, Butler, at the Islamic Center of San Diego at 7050 Eckstrom Ave. He told butler that he was a teacher at San Diego State as well as being the Vice President for International Projects at American Commonwealth University (ACU). "Stan" lived in a 5 bedroom home and began renting out rooms for Muslims who just entered the country. Two men would end up renting a single room, they gave their names as Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi. They told "Stan" that they just moved from Los Angeles and wanted to take English and flying lessons. "Stan" told Butler about the two men, but only gave their first names to him. Butler pressured "Stan" to give him the surnames so he could run a background check, but "Stan" stalled. Ultimately al-Mihdhar left for Germany in early October, less than two weeks before the USS Cole Bombing and Al-Hazmi continued living with Shaikh until December. Butler would not hear about the two men anymore, but it wasn't the end.
After the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, it became known to the FBI that both men were involved with the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77 which deliberately crashed into the Pentagon. Butler returned to "Stan", however nothing incriminating was found out about how his informant handled the situation. However, "Stan" was not who he claimed to be. His name was later revealed by the Joint House Inquiry report as, Abdussattar Shaikh. It was also later reported that Shaikh never worked as a teacher at San Diego State nor was he ever the Vice President for International Projects at American Commonwealth University. The question remains as follows. Why did the FBI not pressure "Stan" to give the surnames to his handler Butler?
I read from the FBI's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report which was publicly released in June 2006. This section of the report concentrates on the intelligence community data regarding two Al Qaeda operatives, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi while in San Diego, California. This section of the report covers both al-Mihdhar and al-Hazmi entering the United States thru Los Angeles, their connection to a Saudi government employee, Omar al-Bayoumi, their association with an FBI asset beginning in May 2000 and information gleaned from the FBI asset.
A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks: Chapter Five, Part Three (Khalid al-Mihdhar & Nawaf al-Hazmi In San Diego):
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/s0606/chapter5.htm#IIB1
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In this video i play edited clips of 9/11 advocate and co-producer of Loose Change, Jason Bermas. Near the end of the video i genuinely extend a "peace offering" and invite him to talk, rather than debate, about the events of September 11th 2001 with a moderator like Reed Coverdale.
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"Handle On The News" starring Bill Handle, Ken Gallacher and Rich Marotta, broadcast live at the initial stages of the attacks of the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. This broadcast is between 800am 400pm.
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CSPAN host, Brian Lamb, has on as his guest, Joseph McBride, correspondent The Nation. McBride was on to talk about his article on Vice President George H.W. Bush and his involvement with the CIA in the early '60s. This was relevant due to the 1988 presidential campaign in which Vice President Bush was was a candidate. (7-14-1988)
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CBS correspondent, Mark Strassmann, reports on the Shanksville airline crash of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11th 2001.
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US-Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar Bin Sultan is being interviewed by Chris Matthews (Hardball) in the wake of the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. (12-17-2001)
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