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Abdussattar Shaikh
Abdussattar Shaikh (ar عبد الستار شيخ) was an asset of the FBI’s San Diego Field Office from May 14, 1994, to July 2003. He was called "The FBI's Best Chance to Uncover September 11th Before it Happened" by the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001. Role in 9/11 In 2000, two of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, rented a room in Shaikh's home in Lemon Grove, California. However, Shaikh did not provide his FBI contact Steven Butler with any information about the two; Butler claims that the names Nawaf and Khalid were only mentioned in casual conversation as two students who were boarders in his house. Butler later asked Shaikh for their surnames, but was not given them. He was not told they were pursuing flight training. He was told that the students were non-political and had done nothing to arouse suspicion. The CIA did not provide the terroris ...
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