The Eleventh Day_ The History and Legacy of 9_11 - Anthony Summers [296]
96 Atta/Shehhi licenses: MFR 04021445, 1/13 & 1/25/04, CF, Staff Statement 16, CO;
97 Christmas trip: Aysel Sengün statement to Bundeskriminalamt, 9/15/01, authors’ collection, Hijackers Timeline [redacted], 11/14/03, INTELWIRE, Staff Report, 9/11 and Terrorist Travel, CO, 21–;
98 abandoned plane: MFR 04021445, 1/13 & 1/25/04, CF, Testimony of Rudi Dekkers, Subcommittee on Immigration & Claims, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Reps., 107th Cong., 2nd Sess., 3/19/02;
99 videos: Indictment, U.S. v. Zacarias Moussaoui, 12/01;
100 727 simulator/“They just”: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), 9/15/01, NYT, 9/14/01, Hijackers Timeline [redacted], 11/14/03, INTELWIRE.
101 Some have argued: Skeptics have questioned whether Hani Hanjour had the piloting skill to fly American 77 into the Pentagon at almost ground level. While some flying instructors commented on his inadequacies, however, others recalled having found him competent. One, who flew with Hanjour in August 2001, went so far as to describe him as a “good” pilot. (Skeptics: e.g., Griffin, New Pearl Harbor, 78–; inadequacies/competent: e.g., CBS News, 5/10/02, Newsday, 9/23/01; “good”: MFR 0401840, 4/9/04—citing Eddie G. Shalev. Contrary to an assertion by skeptic Griffin, who questioned the existence of instructor Shalev, 9/11 Commission files contain the record of an interview of him by a commission staffer and an accompanying FBI agent. Shalev, moreover, is listed in various public records. Griffin, New Pearl Harbor, 286n99, & see, e.g., www.intelius.com.)
102 767 simulator: ibid., Statement of Robert Mueller, JI, 9/26/02, Transcript of Jury Trial, U.S. v. Zacarias Moussaoui, Vol. II-A, 3/7/06. Jarrah and Hani Hanjour, the other 9/11 hijack pilots, also trained on simulators (CR, 226–, Testimony of James Fitzgerald, U.S. v. Zacarias Moussaoui, 3/7/06).
103 OBL impatient 2000: CR, 251. The authors here cite the date used in the Commission Report, which in turn refers to KSM interrogations of 2003 and 2004. The longer account of KSM’s statements, the one generally used in this book, states that bin Laden tried in spring 2000 to bring the attacks forward—surely unlikely, as he well knew the hijack pilots had at that time barely embarked on their training (CR 250, 532n177, KSM SUBST).
104 KSM resisted/new candidate: KSM SUBST, MFR 04019351, 12/10–11/03, CF;
105 well-to-do: BG, 3/3/02, WP, 9/10/02;
106 back and forth: Statement of Robert Mueller, JI, 9/26/02, Staff Report, 9/11 and Terrorist Travel, 12, WP, 9/10/02;
107 Hanjour license: MFR 04021445, 1/13 & 1/25/04, CF, copies of license documents, “Airman Records—Hanjour,” B45, T5, CF;
108 pretending: WP, 9/10/02, BG, 3/3/02;
109 “frail”: FBI 302 of [name redacted], 9/18/01, “FBI 302s of Interest,” B17, T7, CF;
110 “quiet”: MFR 04017517, 1/7/04, CF;
111 “mouse”: McDermott, 204;
112 drink/pray: MFR 04017518, 1/5/04, CF;
113 in tears: CR, 520n55;
114 Afghanistan at 17: Report, JI, 135, Staff Statement 16, CO;
115 Atef sent KSM/KSM dispatched/thought: KSM SUBST;
116 Hanjour to U.S./Hazmi/flight school: Staff Report, 9/11 and Terrorist Travel, CO, 19–, Statement of Robert Mueller, JI, 9/26/02, CR, 226;
117 school owner/“No”: WP, 10/21/01, 9/10/02, Newsday, 9/23/01;
118 “content”/“warrior”: The Times (London), 9/20/01;
119 “ ’Orwah”: Fouda & Fielding, 111.
120 computer/“I went”: transcript of int. Ann Greaves, Four Corners: A Mission to Die For, 10/18/01, www.abc.net.au, ints. Mark Mikart; Cole: Katz, 269–, Miller & Stone, 226–, Wright, 319–, Graham with Nussbaum, 59–, Fox News, 1/13/09;
121 OBL deny/praise: ABC News, 3/1/00;
122 A destroyer: Time, 9/24/01, Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, 229, Wright, 333;
123 “With small”: Newsweek, 9/24/01.
124 “To those”: Clinton address, 10/18/00, http://usinfo.org;
125 “Let’s hope”: NYT, 10/13/01;
126 “What’s it gonna”: Richard Clarke, 224;
127 “major”: State of the Union address in WP, 1/27/00;
128 “not satisfactory”: CR, 187, Report,