Khalid al-Mihdhar

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. 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." 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. References