WikiLeaks: FBI hunts the 9/11 gang that got away

[Joanne98]

Source: The Telegraph

The FBI has launched a manhunt for a previously unknown team of men suspected to be part of the 9/11 attacks, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Secret documents reveal that the three Qatari men conducted surveillance on the targets, provided “support” to the plotters and had tickets for a flight to Washington on the eve of the atrocities.

The suspected terrorists flew from London to New York on a British Airways flight three weeks before the attacks.

They allegedly carried out surveillance at the World Trade Centre, the White House and in Virginia, the US state where the Pentagon and CIA headquarters are located.



Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8296860/WikiLeaks-FBI-hunts-the-911-gang-that-got-away.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[Joanne98]

3. LOL

[SpiralHawk]

7. I would laff, too, if...

the RepubliCorp buffoons had not so screwed America on that tragic day, and in it's aftermath...

[cutlassmama]

4. Tend to agree~

[Sonoman]

2. I thought this was going to be about *, Cheney, Rummy/Rice. nt

[gtar100]

5. What's most surprising about this is that they are interested at all.

The attack on the Twin Towers was one of the worst terrorist attacks in our history, followed by the most half-assed attempt at finding out what happened. Simply shameful. But what else could be expected when conservatives are in power.

[xchrom]

6. Interesting. Nt

[leveymg]

8. Fascinating details about the TEAM B for the Flt. 77 hijacking.

Here's the cable. FBI, CIA, DHS has apparently been sitting on this information for 9 years. These guys were scheduled to fly 9/10 from LA to DC on the same plane that was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11 by al-Midhar and al-Hazmi. One has to ask: why did they abort their mission, and where are they? Why has the USG sat on this information all this time?

S E C R E T DOHA 000060 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR INR/TIPOFF AND CA/VO/L/C E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/09/2020 TAGS: PINR, ASEC, CVIS, KVPR, PGOV, PTER, QA, SIPRS SUBJECT: QATAR JANUARY 2010 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND SUBMISSION Classified By: DCM Mirembe Nantongo, reasons 1.4 (b),(d)

1. (U) VISAS VIPER (State Department Terrorism Alert)

SNIP

3. (SBU) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR WATCHLISTING PURPOSES AS THE DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERORISM CENTER (NCTC) DEEM APPROPRIATE. WE RECOMMEND THAT MOHAMED ALI MOHAMED AL DAHHAM AL MANSOORI (MOHAMED ALI MOHAMED AL MANSOORI) BE INCLUDED IN THE TSA SELECTEE SECURITY DIRECTIVE FOR RELEASE TO U.S. AND FOREIGN CARRIERS AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY POSE A THREAT TO CIVIL AVIATION IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. A REVIEW OF CLASS INDICATED NO HITS FOR AL MANSOORI. POST WILL ENTER AL MANSOORI IN CLASS AFTER TRANSMITTING THIS CABLE.

4. (SBU) NAME: MOHAMED ALI MOHAMED AL DAHHAM AL MANSOORI ALIAS: MOHAMED ALI MOHAMED AL MANSOORI DOB: xxxxxxxxxxxx POB: UAE GENDER: M NATIONALITY: UAE LOCATION: UNK PPT NUMBER: xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx A0122037 (UAE)

5. (S) MR. AL MANSOORI IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI FOR HIS POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 ATTACKS. HE IS SUSPECTED OF AIDING PEOPLE WHO ENTERED THE U.S. BEFORE THE ATTACKS TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE OF POSSIBLE TARGETS AND PROVIDING OTHER SUPPORT TO THE HIJACKERS.

6. (S) THE THREE INDIVIDUALS BELOW ENTERED THE U.S. ON 15 AUGUST 2001 ABOARD BRITISH AIRWAYS (BA) FLIGHT #185 FROM LONDON, ENGLAND: NAME: MESHAL ALHAJRI ALIAS: MESHAL AL HAJRI, MESCAL ABDULLA AL HAJRI DOB: xxxxxxxxxxxx POB: QATAR GENDER: M NATIONALITY: QATAR LOCATION: UNK PPT NUMBER: xxxxxxxxxxxx (QATAR) NAME: FAHAD ABDULLA ALIAS: FAHAD MUBARAK R ABDULLA DOB: xxxxxxxxxxxx POB: QATAR GENDER: M NATIONALITY: QATAR LOCATION: UNK PPT NUMBER: xxxxxxxxxxxx (QATAR) NAME: ALI ALFEHAID ALIAS: ALI HAMAD S M AL FEHAID DOB: xxxxxxxxxxxx POB: QATAR GENDER: M NATIONALITY: QATAR LOCATION: UNK PPT NUMBER: xxxxxxxxxxxx (QATAR)

7. (S) THE MEN FIRST VISITED NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C. THEY VISITED THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, THE WHITE HOUSE, AND VARIOUS AREAS IN VIRGINA.

8. (S) THE MEN THEN FLEW TO LOS ANGELES, CA ON 24 AUGUST 2001 ABOARD AMERICAN AIRLINES (AA) FLIGHT #143. THEY CHECKED INTO ONE ROOM IN A HOTEL NEAR THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORT WITH A CHECKOUT DATE OF 10 SEPTEMBER 2001. THEY PAID FOR THE ROOM USING CASH AND, DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THEIR STAY, REQUESTED THAT THEIR ROOM NOT BE CLEANED. HOTEL CLEANING STAFF GREW SUSPICIOUS OF THE MEN BECAUSE THEY NOTICED PILOT TYPE UNIFORMS, SEVERAL LAPTOPS, AND SEVERAL CARDBOARD BOXES ADDRESSED TO SYRIA, JERUSALEM, AFGHANISTAN, AND JORDAN IN THE ROOM ON PREVIOUS CLEANING VISITS. THE MEN HAD A SMASHED CELLULAR PHONE IN THE ROOM AND A CELLULAR PHONE ATTACHED BY WIRE TO A COMPUTER. THE ROOM ALSO CONTAINED PIN FEED COMPUTER PAPER PRINT OUTS WITH HEADERS LISTING PILOT NAMES, AIRLINES, FLIGHT NUMBERS, AND FLIGHT TIMES.

9. (S) ACCORDING TO AA RECORDS, THE MEN SCHEDULED RETURN FLIGHTS FOR 10 SEPTEMBER 2001 ABOARD AA FLIGHT #144 FROM LOS ANGELES, CA TO WASHINGTON, D.C., BUT FAILED TO BOARD. THE SAME PLANE USED FOR AA FLIGHT #144 ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2001 WAS USED FOR AA FLIGHT #77 ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2001. AA FLIGHT #77 WAS HIJACKED ON ROUTE THE NEXT DAY AND CRASHED IN TO THE PENTAGON.

10. (S) BA RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE MEN BOARDED BA FLIGHT #268 ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2001 FROM LOS ANGELES, CA TO LONDON, ENGLAND. THE MEN RETURNED TO QATAR ON BA FLIGHT #125 FROM LONDON, ENGLAND TO DOHA, QATAR ON 13 SEPTEMBER 2001.

12. (S) A SUBSEQUENT FBI INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MEN,S PLANE TICKETS WERE PAID FOR AND THEIR HOTEL RESERVATIONS IN LOS ANGELES, CA WERE MADE BY A CONVICTED TERRORIST. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE MEN SPENT A WEEK WITH MR. AL MANSOORI TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS IN CALIFORNIA.

13. (SBU) MR. AL MANSOORI,S VISA WAS REVOKED AFTER THIS INFORMATION CAME TO LIGHT, BUT HIS NAME WAS NOT WATCHLISTED IN THE CLASS SYSTEM. POST RECOMMENDS THAT MR. AL MANSOORI,S INFORMATION BE ENTERED INTO THE CLASS SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF THE ONGOING FBI INVESTIGATION AND HIS POSSIBLE TIES TO TERRORISM.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/september-11-wikileaks/8297069/DEMARCHE-IN-SUPPORT-OF-U.S.CANDIDACY-FOR-IMO.html

[katty]

9. check Texas and Wyoming guys and gals--it's a sure bet

[The Doctor.]

10. Ah, it must have been those 'two Puerto Rican guys'.

I'm sure they're the 'real killers'.

[Raster]

11. I thought they were talking about cheney*, rumsfeld* and rice*

I guarantee those three have much, much more to tell, and surprisingly little will mesh with the official story.

[Hissyspit]

12. Nothing new in the cables! Move along!

Nothing new!

You know WikiLeaks sucks because nothing new!

Parroting right-wing and MSM talking point ad infinitum... If, for some reason, necessary ---> :sarcasm:

[saras]

13. Previously unknown? By WHOM?

The NSA had, as they happened, every phone call - pay phone, cell phone, Las Vegas, mideast desert, whatever - made by all the involved parties when they happened. They apparently couldn't get anyone in the FBI interested. Bamford's NSA books document the calls in detail, though not as much as if the NSA had simply sent their records to Wikileaks, who didn't exist then.

Maybe the statute of limitations has run out on the Americans involved, or they are otherwise out of harm's way.

[TheMadMonk]

14. Strange then that FBI's story is that NSA came in put Postit notes...

...over the faces of several soon to be hijackers and told them "These are not the droids you are looking for."


The FBI is notorious for "A day late and a dollar short" but overall carries a reputation of sometimes dumb but generally honest (at least for a given value of honest).

NSA, CIA and affiliates on the other hand are equally renowned for their involvement in: dirty tricks, shady deals, criminal enterprises, interference in the legitimate governance of sovereign nations and outright human rights abuses both individual and against populations.


Hmmm, who to believe?