Date: August 28, 2005 4:41:59 AM PDT
Subject: SEPT 10,2001
Timmerman reveals in his book (pages 7-9). On July 26, 2001, an Iranian
intelligence agent walked into the American embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan,
and asked to see the CIA chief. He finally talks to two CIA
functionaries: "Joan", who assesses his story and decides it needs
further review, and "George", a CIA case handler who laughs Zakeri out
of the embassy. The story?
There's going to be a big attack on America on the twentieth of
Shahrivar, Zakeri insisted. That's the date my boss told us to be ready.
Six people who have been trained as pilots have just left Iran.
George consulted a calendar that gave the corresponding Western dates.
So we're talking about September 10, right? I'll mark my date book, he
added sarcastically. He paid Zakeri a few hundred dollars for his time
and sent him away.
July 26 came just two weeks after Mohammed Atta met with Ramzi
Binalshibh in Madrid to finalize the date for the 9/11 attacks. At that
meeting, Binalshibh pressed Atta to pick a date, as Osama bin Laden
needed to send the information through the network in time for everyone
to prepare for the operation. Atta said he needed five or six weeks
before he could coordinate well enough for a particular date, and only
promised a week's notice -- or so Binalshibh told the FBI (Commission
report, page 244):
Binalshibh says he told Atta that Bin Ladin wanted the attacks carried
out as soon as possible. Bin Ladin, Binalshibh conveyed, was worried
about having so many
Timmerman reveals in his book (pages 7-9). On July 26, 2001, an Iranian
intelligence agent walked into the American embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan,
and asked to see the CIA chief. He finally talks to two CIA
functionaries: "Joan", who assesses his story and decides it needs
further review, and "George", a CIA case handler who laughs Zakeri out
of the embassy. The story?
There's going to be a big attack on America on the twentieth of
Shahrivar, Zakeri insisted. That's the date my boss told us to be ready.
Six people who have been trained as pilots have just left Iran.
George consulted a calendar that gave the corresponding Western dates.
So we're talking about September 10, right? I'll mark my date book, he
added sarcastically. He paid Zakeri a few hundred dollars for his time
and sent him away.
July 26 came just two weeks after Mohammed Atta met with Ramzi
Binalshibh in Madrid to finalize the date for the 9/11 attacks. At that
meeting, Binalshibh pressed Atta to pick a date, as Osama bin Laden
needed to send the information through the network in time for everyone
to prepare for the operation. Atta said he needed five or six weeks
before he could coordinate well enough for a particular date, and only
promised a week's notice -- or so Binalshibh told the FBI (Commission
report, page 244):
Binalshibh says he told Atta that Bin Ladin wanted the attacks carried
out as soon as possible. Bin Ladin, Binalshibh conveyed, was worried
about having so many
