Was the CIA connected to some of the 9-11 hijackers?
Was the CIA connected to some of the 9-11 hijackers?
Yes, according to several reports and legal filings, the CIA had connections to at least two of the 9/11 hijackers.
Specifically:
• Khalid Al-Mihdhar and Nawaf Al-Hazmi, two of the hijackers who flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, had been recruited by the CIA into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation, according to a bombshell court filing.
• An FBI agent asserted that the CIA had helped Al-Mihdhar and Al-Hazmi open bank accounts in San Diego and get an apartment on lease.
• A CIA review found that the Agency and its officers failed to share information about the hijackers with the FBI, allowing them to operate freely in the U.S.
• Omar al-Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi agent who befriended Al-Mihdhar and Al-Hazmi in California, was allegedly working on behalf of the CIA, according to ex-FBI agents.
• At least two hijackers were given bank accounts and an apartment in California at the "behest of CIA", according to an FBI investigator cited in reports.
So in summary, there are indications that the CIA had knowledge of and connections to several of the 9/11 hijackers prior to the attacks, though the Agency denied and covered up these links for years.
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