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An early summary of the FBI's PENTTBOM investigation into the 9/11 attacks. It contains financial information, biographies, timelines and information about associates for the hijackers.

It has a history of al-Qaeda and related individuals going back to the 1993 WTC bombing. The account of the Bojinka plot is remarkable for its entire omission of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who was one of the main plotters.

It also says that the house where the bomb made before the embassy bombing in Nairobi was found based on tracing calls from the Yemen hub and repeats the apparent falsehood that bin Laden only called the hub a couple of times.

It says the Yemen hub was involved in the USS Cole attack: "UBL can be directly connected to the attack on the USS Cole in October 12, 2000 (ADENBOM 265A-NY-277013). The 200578 telephone number which was originally identified as significant through the KENBOM/TANBOM investigation was also used during the planning of the attack on USS Cole."

Also: "During the six months prior to the attacks, and at least twice after July 4, 2001, MOHAMED ATTA (Flight 11), WALEED AL SHEHRI (Flight 11), and AL SHEHHI were on the same Beechcraft Duchess aircraft out of the Wiley Post Airport in Bethany, Oklahoma. According to a Line Service Technician at Million Air, the Duchess aircraft usually contained one or a combination of ATTA, WALEED AL SHEHRI, and AL SHEHHI."

It also says that USD 102,000 was deposited on the account of alleged 9/11 financier Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi between June 25 and September 11, 2001. However, he is not thought to have forwarded large amounts to the hijackers during this period.

A 1998 CIA report mentioning an alias and phone numbers for Spain-based al-Qaeda operative Barakat Yarkas is mentioned.

Atta is said to have flown from Germany to Pakistan with a redacted associate and back with two redacted associates.

It says, "AHMED ALGHAMDI listed an address associated with NABIL AL-MARABH as his destination address when he entered the United States on 7/3/01 and 1/17/94." However, Alghamdi is not known to have entered the US on either of these dates.

This document is from Team 5, Box 18, PENTTBOM Case Summary as of 1-11-02 1 of 2 Folder