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'''Khalid al-Mihdhar''' (1975-2001) was one of the | '''Khalid al-Mihdhar''' (1975-2001) was one of the 9/11]] attack hijackers, aboard American Airlines Flight 77]] when it crashed into the Pentagon Building]]. He may have been the closest to identification, before the event, by the United States intelligence community]], having been on a watchlist as a known affiliate of al-Qaeda]], and having been known to have re-entered the United States. | ||
He was born in | He was born in Saudi Arabia]], although his family was in Yemen]], and he had left the U.S. for a final visit to them in 2000. He reentered in July 2001. | ||
Maggie Gillespie, an | Maggie Gillespie, an Federal Bureau of Investigation]] analyst at the Counterterrorism Center]], had earlier asked that he and Nawaf al-Hazmi]] be placed on a watchlist. She passed this to Dina Corsi, another intelligence analyst at FBI headquarters, since Mindhar had reentered the United States. Corsi alerted Jack Cloonan]]'s FBI counterterrorism squad, and Cloonan asked that he be able to use FBI criminal agents since there was an existing indictment against bin Laden; the criminal side of the New York office had far more resources. Corsi emailed back, "If al-Mindhar is located the interview must be intended by an intel agent. A criminal agent CANNOT be present at the interview...If at such time intformation is developed indicating the existence of a substantial federal crime, that information will be passed over the wall (counterterrorism)|over the wall]] according to the proper procedures and turned over for follow-up investigation." <ref name=Looming>{{citation | ||
| title = The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 | | title = The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 | ||
| author = Lawrence Wright | | author = Lawrence Wright | ||
| publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | year = 2006 | isbn = 037541486X}}, pp. 352-354</ref> | | publisher = Alfred A. Knopf | year = 2006 | isbn = 037541486X}}, pp. 352-354</ref> | ||
On Aug. 28, 2001, the FBI began looking for him, based on his connection to the Kuala Lumpur meeting and | On Aug. 28, 2001, the FBI began looking for him, based on his connection to the Kuala Lumpur meeting and USS Cole]] bombing facilitator Khallad]]. Few resources were assigned to the effort, and he was not located.<ref>The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 8.2.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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 Khalid al-Mihdhar (1975-2001) was one of the 9/11]] attack hijackers, aboard American Airlines Flight 77]] when it crashed into the Pentagon Building]]. He may have been the closest to identification, before the event, by the United States intelligence community]], having been on a watchlist as a known affiliate of al-Qaeda]], and having been known to have re-entered the United States. He was born in Saudi Arabia]], although his family was in Yemen]], and he had left the U.S. for a final visit to them in 2000. He reentered in July 2001. Maggie Gillespie, an Federal Bureau of Investigation]] analyst at the Counterterrorism Center]], had earlier asked that he and Nawaf al-Hazmi]] be placed on a watchlist. She passed this to Dina Corsi, another intelligence analyst at FBI headquarters, since Mindhar had reentered the United States. Corsi alerted Jack Cloonan]]'s FBI counterterrorism squad, and Cloonan asked that he be able to use FBI criminal agents since there was an existing indictment against bin Laden; the criminal side of the New York office had far more resources. Corsi emailed back, "If al-Mindhar is located the interview must be intended by an intel agent. A criminal agent CANNOT be present at the interview...If at such time intformation is developed indicating the existence of a substantial federal crime, that information will be passed over the wall (counterterrorism)|over the wall]] according to the proper procedures and turned over for follow-up investigation." [1] On Aug. 28, 2001, the FBI began looking for him, based on his connection to the Kuala Lumpur meeting and USS Cole]] bombing facilitator Khallad]]. Few resources were assigned to the effort, and he was not located.[2] References
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