The 9/11 Mastermind Was Named in Intel Report, Which Should’ve Alerted the CIA
Summary
A 2001 CIA intelligence report identified Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, by his nickname "Mukhtar," but the CIA did not connect this information to other warnings. Despite multiple reports linking KSM to terrorism dating back to the 1990s, the agency failed to recognize his role in planning attacks on the United States before 9/11.Key Facts
- On August 28, 2001, the CIA received a report linking the nickname "Mukhtar" to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM).
- KSM was known to the CIA since at least 1996 for planning the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- KSM lived in Afghanistan and Pakistan after escaping a failed CIA rendition in Qatar in 1996.
- The CIA had information tying KSM’s alias and nickname to previous terrorist attacks, such as the 1998 African embassy bombings.
- The CIA focused on other suspects like Khalid al-Mihdhar and Zacarias Moussaoui and did not fully investigate KSM’s involvement.
- KSM had family members connected to al-Qaeda who were involved in terrorist activities.
- German intelligence later showed KSM communicated via phone with other terrorists before 9/11.
- The CIA failed to "connect the dots" and link all these pieces of intelligence before the 9/11 attacks.
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