Thumairy denials contradicted by witnesses and telephone records

Observation

Commission reports a contradiction between Thumairy's denial of knowing Bayoumi and other records.

Interpretation

Credibility damage is real if the phone records are as described. Link to assistance remains inferential.

Source text

OBSERVATION: The Commission records that Thumairy denied knowing Hazmi, Mihdhar, and Bayoumi, and that witnesses and telephone records contradicted the Bayoumi denial.

A false denial, if accurate, is evidence of concealment. It is not by itself evidence of plot knowledge.

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