{"id":35,"date":"2012-06-08T00:11:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T00:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.110.86.41\/2\/?p=35"},"modified":"2023-03-01T22:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T05:52:41","slug":"cast-of-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Cast of Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Cast%20of%20Characters\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong>THE FEDS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Fitzgerald<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District New York (SDNY).\u00a0Chief of Organized Crime &amp; Terrorism Unit, SDNY. Later became\u00a0U.S. Attorney in Chicago and special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe. Met al Qaeda spy Ali Mohamed in 1997. Called him &#8220;the most dangerous man I have ever met.&#8221; Told FBI agents &#8220;We cannot let this man out on the street,&#8221; but allowed Mohamed to remain free until a month after the 1998 African Embassy bombings of which Ali Mohammed was a principal planner. Later cut a deal with Mohamed to avoid the death sentence, but never called him to testify in U.S. vs. bin Laden, 2001 Embassy bombing trial which he prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew C. McCarthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Assistant U.S. Attorney. With Patrick Fitzgerald, co-prosecuted Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others in the \u201cDay of Terror\u201d trial. Met with Ali Mohamed in California prior to the trial at a time when defense lawyers were trying to locate the al Qaeda spy to testify about his role as an FBI informant.<a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-21-at-2.59.01-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7170\" title=\"Screen Shot 2015-07-21 at 2.59.01 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-21-at-2.59.01-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-21-at-2.59.01-PM.png 401w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-21-at-2.59.01-PM-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie Gorelick\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nDeputy Attorney General under Pres. Clinton. Author of the \u201cwall memo.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0Supported 1995 extradition from the U.S. of bin Laden\u2019s brother in law.\u00a0Later became one of the ten 9\/11 Commissioners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Cloonan<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, bin Laden squad, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Assigned in 1996 to build a file on Ali Mohamed but failed to recognize\u00a0him as an al Qaeda spy. Debriefed Mohamed after his arrest in 1998.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Coleman<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, bin Laden squad, FBI \u00a0Assigned to Alec Station, the \u00a0dedicated bin \u00a0Laden unit at the CIA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Pellegrino<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI Debriefed Abdul Hakim \u00a0Murad. Later worked in the bin Laden squad (I-49) in the FBI\u2019s New York Office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dietrich Snell<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant U.S. Attorney, SDNY Co-prosecuted Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, and Wali Khan in the Bojinka trial. Later became senior counsel to the 9\/11 Commission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Jo White<\/strong><br \/>\nU.S. Attorney, SDNY, 1993-200<em>2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Louis Freeh<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector, Federal Bureau of Investigation, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01993-2001. \u00a0Former Special \u00a0Agent, New \u00a0York Office, FBI. \u00a0Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, SDNY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nancy Floyd<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI Foreign Counter-intelligence Division, FBI\u2019s New \u00a0York Office. Recruited Egyptian asset Emad Salem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Anticev<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI\u2019s New York Office \u00a0Member, FBI-NYPD Joint\u00a0Terrorism Task \u00a0Force (JTTF). Control agent for Salem, \u00a01991-92.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lou Napoli\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNYPD detective, Member, JTTF. Failed to follow Salem\u2019s advice and\u00a0track\u00a0Abouhalima in the\u00a0 months before 1993 WTC bombing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emad Salem\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEx-Egyptian intelligence officer recruited \u00a0 by SA Nancy Floyd. FBI asset. Infiltrated the blind \u00a0Sheikh\u2019s cell in 1991- \u00a0\u00a092.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamal al-Fadl \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nFormer assistant to Osama bin Laden in \u00a0Sudan. Became a U.S. witness in\u00a01996 and \u00a0gave Feds the roadmap to al Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neal Herman<\/strong><br \/>\nHead of the JTTF in the FBI\u2019s New York \u00a0 Office (NYO) in the fall 1992, before the WTC bombing. Led hunt for Ramzi Yousef post bombing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carson Dunbar<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) FBI\u2019s NYO. Mistrusted \u00a0Salem\u00a0and Floyd; caused Salem\u2019s \u00a0withdrawal from the cell in 1992.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Parr<\/strong><br \/>\nAgent, United States Secret Service Debriefed Yousef during rendition to the U.S. from Pakistan in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Donlon<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI. Conducted airborne interrogation in which Yousef\u00a0admitted his role in the 1993 WTC bombing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bradley Garrett<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI. In Islamabad day of Yousef\u2019s captured.\u00a0Arrived late at guesthouse from which KSM escaped, but took credit for Yousef takedown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harry Samit<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI, Minneapolis Begged FBI to approve FISA warrant on Zacarias Moussaoui; 2001. Later accused FBI of \u201ccriminal negligence\u201d at \u00a0 Zacarias\u00a0Moussaoui trial<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Frasca<\/strong><br \/>\nHead of FBI\u2019s Radical Fundamentalist Unit. Failed to act on the Phoenix memo in July 2001 and rejected Samit\u2019s FISA request before 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Rolince<\/strong><br \/>\nChief of counterintel, FBI DC.\u00a0Told NSC officials Ali Mohamed\u2019s tour with Dr. al-Zawahiri in &#8217;95 was \u201ccovered.\u201d Failed to read Samit\u2019s FISA request.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Williams<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Agent, FBI. Issued July 2001 &#8220;Phoenix memo&#8221; urging\u00a0flight schools watch. Accused by FBI asset Harry Ellen of sending memo\u00a0years too late.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAL QAEDA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Yousef-KSM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Osama bin Laden<\/strong><br \/>\nSaudi billionaire, leader of al Qaeda \u00a0Morphed the Egyptian Islamic Jihad\u00a0(EIJ) and the Mujahadeen funding network (MAK) into al Qaeda in 1988.\u00a0Used Ali Mohamed to train his personal bodyguard and to move him with his entourage from Afghanistan to Sudan in 1991. Personally selected ground zero point for 1998 African Embassy bomb using Ali Mohamed\u2019s 1993 surveillance photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ali-M.-mugshot1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-43\" title=\"Ali M. mugshot\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Ali-M.-mugshot1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><strong>Ali Mohamed\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEx-EgyptianArmy Major Infiltrated CIA and the Green Berets. Became\u00a0FBI informant, while serving as al Qaeda\u2019s top U.S. spy and bin Laden\u2019s\u00a0security chief. Undetected by the Bureau for six years prior to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ayman al-Zawahiri<\/strong><br \/>\nEgyptian surgeon and deputy leader of Al Qaeda. Leader of EIJ, jailed for\u00a0Sadat assassination. \u00a0Sent Mohamed to U.S. in 1985 as an EIJ spy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Omar Abdel Rahman<\/strong><br \/>\nMuslim cleric, the so-called \u201cblind Sheikh\u201d Led the radical Islamic Group\u00a0Religious leader who inspired both attacks on World Trade Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohamed Atef<\/strong><br \/>\nFormer Egyptian police officer. Military commander, al Qaeda. His\u00a0daughter married bin Laden\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Khalid Dahab \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nProt\u00e9g\u00e9 of Ali Mohamed in California Helped recruit ten U.S. sleepers.\u00a0Sentenced to death in 1999 during Egyptian terror trial in which Ali Mohamed was also condemned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wadih El-Hage<\/strong><br \/>\nChief secretary to Osama bin Laden in Khartoum. Became a key operative\u00a0in the Kenyan Embassy bombing cell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohammed Khalifa<\/strong><br \/>\nBrother-in-law of Osama bin Laden. Captured by INS in 1994 but extradited to Jordan with full support of Dep. A.G. Jamie Gorelick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ramzi Yousef\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nChief al Qaeda bomb maker. Planted first WTC bomb. Designed planes-as-missiles plot that led to 9\/11 executed by his uncle KSM. Passed al Qaeda related intelligence to Mafia informant\u00a0Greg Scarpa, Jr., in 1996 while in Federal jail in Lower Manhattan.\u00a0Intel included the location of KSM then in Doha, Qatar prepping the &#8220;planes operation&#8221; executed on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Khalid Shaikh Mohammed \u00a0KSM.<\/strong><br \/>\nYousef&#8217;s uncle After Ramzi&#8217;s capture in 1995 carried out Yousef\u2019s \u201cplanes-as-missiles&#8221; plot on September 11th, 2001.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdul Hakim Murad\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nCohort of Ramzi Yousef. Trained as pilot in four U.S. flight schools.\u00a0Confessed planes-as-missiles plot to Philippines police in 1995.\u00a0Predicted to FBI that Yousef would strike WTC again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wali Khan Amin Shah<\/strong><br \/>\nFourth member of Yousef\/KSM Manila cell behind plot to kill Pope, Bojinka plot, and Ramzi Yousef\u2019s planes-as-missiles operation in 1995. Beloved by bin Laden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El Sayyid Nosair<\/strong><br \/>\nEgyptian EIJ member, follower of Omar Abdel Rahman. Trained by Ali\u00a0Mohamed. \u00a0Murdered Rabbi Meier Kahane in 1990 in New York City. First al Qaeda blood spilled on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahmoud Abouhalima<\/strong><br \/>\nNew York cell member, known as \u201cThe Red\u201d Trained by Ali\u00a0Mohamed. Convicted in WTC bombing plot. Intended getaway \u00a0driver for Nosair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohammed Salameh\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nPartner of Abouhalima. Trained by Ali Mohamed. Monitored by FBI at\u00a0shooting range in 1989. Eluded FBI in months prior to 1993 bombing. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Drove getaway car for Yousef after WTC bombing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nidal Ayyad<\/strong><br \/>\nKuwaiti national, graduated from Rutgers University, New Jersey.\u00a0Trained by Ali Mohamed. Convicted of abetting Yousef in 1993 WTC\u00a0bombing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ibrahim El-Gabrowny<\/strong><br \/>\nEgyptian cousin of El Sayyid Nosair Raised $20,000 from bin Laden for\u00a0Nosair\u2019s legal bills in Kahane murder case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohammed Atta<\/strong><br \/>\nEgyptian terrorist. Succeeded Abdul Hakim Murad, Yousef\u2019s original lead\u00a0pilot, in 9\/11 plot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Khalid Al-Midhar \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cMuscle hijackers\u201d Present at 2000 9\/11 summit in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nawaf al-Hazmi<\/strong><br \/>\nLived openly in San Diego in home rented to them by FBI informant \u00a0Abdussattar Shaykh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ihab Ali aka Nawawi<\/strong><br \/>\nU.S. citizen, Florida resident &amp; \u201cSleeper\u201d recruited by Ali Mohamed.\u00a0Trained at Oklahoma flight school associated with 9\/11 hijackers.\u00a0Co-piloted bin Laden\u2019s plane in 1994.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Khallad bin Atash<\/strong><br \/>\nLeader of al Qaeda plot to bomb U.S.S. <em>Cole<\/em> in October 2000. Monitored\u00a0ten months earlier by CIA at 9\/11 planning meeting in January 2000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Riduan Isamuddin<\/strong><br \/>\nFundraiser for al Qaeda. Also known as \u201cHambali.\u201d On board of\u00a0Malaysian front company funding Yousef\/KSM Manila cell. Present at\u00a09\/11 planning session. Key figure in 2002 Bali bombings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Cast%20of%20Characters\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>THE FEDS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Patrick Fitzgerald Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District New York (SDNY).\u00a0Chief of Organized Crime &amp; Terrorism Unit, SDNY. Later became\u00a0U.S. Attorney in Chicago and special prosecutor in the CIA leak probe. Met al Qaeda spy Ali Mohamed in 1997. 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