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48. FBI Communication, “PENTTBOM; Major Case 182,” June 30, 2002; 9/11 Commission Report, 229.
49. 9/11 Commission Report, 230; 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the Record, Interview of FBI Special Agent Bob Bukowski, November 6, 2003.
50. 9/11 Commission Report, 221.
51. Ibid., 218.
52. Terry McDermott, Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It, (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 189–190.
53. Scholars and lecturers who linked from the Ar-Ribat website as of April 18, 2010, included hard-core Salafists such as Ahmed Deedat and Bilal Philips (Chapter 4), and Saudi-sponsored North American scholars such as Jamal Badawi and Siraj Wahhaj. See http://icfoundation.com/new_index.htm, retrieved April 18, 2010; http://www.icfoundation.com/audio_english_islamway.htm, retrieved September 6, 2010; and http://www.icfoundation.com/Brochures/Islamic%20Beliefs%20and%20Practices/authenticity_of_the_quran.htm, retrieved September 6, 2010.
54. Report of the Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001—By the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, December 2002, 59.
55.9/11 Commission Interview, FBI SA [name redacted], November 18, 2003.
56. Schmidt, “Imam from Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al Qaeda.”
57. American Morning, CNN, August 3, 2010, retrieved August 6, 2010, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANS CRIPTS/1008/02/ltm.03.html. Higgie made the same basic statement to the 9/11 Commission. See 9/11 Commission Memorandum for the Record, Telephone Interview of Lincoln Higgie, November 19, 2003. It should be noted that Higgie also told investigators that the “US government and ‘the Mossad’ knew or should have known about the attacks before they occurred.”
Chapter 8. Scenes from September 11
1. Judith Miller and Don Van Natta Jr., “In Years of Plots and Clues, Scope of Qaeda Eluded U.S.,” New York Times, June 9, 2002.
2. USA v. Ramzi Yousef and Eyad Ismoil, S12 93 CR180 (KTD), Government Exhibit 2799-1.
3. Video viewed by the author.
4. CIA and FBI Joint Report, Arizona Long-Term Nexus For Islamic Extremists, SECRET, May 15, 2002, obtained by the author through the FOIA. The document was almost entirely redacted except for the title, the date, and the section headers.
5. FBI Letterhead Memorandum, “Zakaria Mustapha Soubra,” July 7, 2001.
6. FBI Report, Working Draft Chronology of Events for Hijackers and Associates, November 14, 2003, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
7. 9/11 Commission Report, multiple references.
8. “Convicted Terrorists Held on Death Row at Terre Haute Prison,” Associated Press, March 12, 2002.
9. Author interviews with Alia Rashid, June 26, 2008, and October 23, 2008.
10. Audio: Democracy Now, July 31, 2009, retrieved August 11, 2010, http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/31/exclusive_john_walker_lindhs_parents_discuss; Josh Tyrangiel, “The Taliban Next Door,” Time, December 9, 2001.
11. Audio: Democracy Now, July 31, 2009; Tom Junod, “Innocent,” Esquire, July 1, 2006; Gregory D. Johnsen, “Profile of Sheikh Abd al-Majid al-Zindani,” Terrorism Monitor, April 6, 2006.
12. Audio: Democracy Now, July 31, 2009.
13. USA v. John Philip Walker Lindh, CR 02-37a, Indictment, February 5, 2002.
14. Evelyn Nieves, “A U.S. Convert’s Path from Suburbia to a Gory Jail for Taliban,” New York Times, December 4, 2001.
15. Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt, “From Dishwasher to al Qaeda Leadership: Who Is Adnan Shukrijumah?” CNN.com, August 6, 2010, retrieved August 7, 2010, http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/06/terror.qaeda.leader/indexhtml?hpt=C2.
16. Interview with Ray Royer, October 16, 2008.
17. USA v. Randall Royer et al., CR 03-296-A, Grand Jury indictment, June 2003 term, undated.
18. USA v. Muhammed Aatique, CR 03-296-A, Plea Agreement, September 22, 2003.
19. Triple-Cross: