INTELWIRE Releases FBI Documents Given To The 9/11 Commission

By J.M. Berger
INTELWIRE.com

INTELWIRE has obtained more than 1,700 pages of FBI documents cited in the end notes of the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission.

They reveal a wealth of new details about the hijacker's movements, possible links between the hijackers and the government of Saudi Arabia, and connections to extremist figures in the United States, including blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman.

Related story: Document Indicates California Resident Who Helped 9/11 Hijackers Was Closely Linked To Saudi Government

The documents were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. If you are reporting from these documents, please credit INTELWIRE.com and link to this page or preferably to the INTELWIRE.com home page (http://www.intelwire.com).

The package covers a wide variety of topics, including the movements of the hijackers over more than 10 years, people who associated with the hijackers in the U.S., FBI interviews with the victims, transcripts of phone calls to the hijacked flights, intelligence obtained by overseas agencies and much, much more.

Documents are listed here according to the chapter of the 9/11 Report in which they appeared. The package totals more than 1,700 pages and may be the largest online repository of 9/11 source documents on the Web.

Additional FOIA requests were posed to the State Department and CIA. The CIA refused the entire request, which is under appeal; the State Department is still processing documents. Those documents will also be published hereon receipt.

These documents will also be posted individually and chronologically at INTELFILES.com, with descriptive text, and additional comment and analysis as appropriate, over the next several months.

Researchers, authors and documentary producers wishing to license or commission specific research based on these documents can contact INTELWIRE's J.M. Berger through this site. A chronologically ordered package is available to researchers, including multiple copies of documents with different redactions, INTELWIRE analysis of redactions to verify the identities of specific individuals, and broad analysis of contents.

Documents Cited in the End Notes of the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission:

Chapter 1: We Have Some Planes

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Chapter 2: The Foundation of the New Terrorism

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Chapter 3: Counterterrorism Evolves

Part 1

Part 2


Chapter 5: Al Qaeda Aims At The American Homeland

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Chapter 6: From Threat To Threat

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Chapter 7: The Attack Looms

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Chapter 8: The System Was Blinking Red

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

When reporting from these documents, you agree to cite and link INTELWIRE.com as the source.

Related:

9/11 Report End Notes (offsite, opens in new window)

FBI documents cited in 9/11 Report End Notes, Chronological

1995 to 2000

1/1/2001 to 9/10/2001

9/11/2001 (under construction)

9/12/2001 to 12/31/2001 (under construction)

2001 to present (under construction)

Related story:

Document Indicates California Resident Who Helped 9/11 Hijackers Was Closely Linked To Saudi Government

Selected documents from the package:

Hijackers' Timeline

Hijackers' pal Omar al-Bayoumi and the Saudi government

More information on Omar Al-Bayoumi

Still more on Omar Al-Bayoumi

Analysis of 9/11 Hijacker's Cell Model

FBI Report on Conflict Diamonds and Al Qaeda

Summary of Information (1999): Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's Education at American Colleges

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