Hazmi suspected Bayoumi was a Saudi spy

Observation

Commission reports Hazmi expressed suspicion that Bayoumi was a Saudi spy.

Interpretation

Could support 'Bayoumi was an intelligence officer' without supporting 'Bayoumi knowingly supported the 9/11 plot.' Intelligence officers also collect against jihadists.

Source text

OBSERVATION: After about a week at Parkwood, Hazmi and Mihdhar moved, citing cost and suspicion. The Commission records that Hazmi suspected Bayoumi was a Saudi spy and that Bayoumi had loaned a phone and been closely involved.

If authentic, an al-Qaeda operative's suspicion of Saudi intelligence contact is relevant to H007 but is hearsay via Commission paraphrasing of later interviews.

Hypothesis linkage

• H007weakly supportsseeded

  Hazmi's 'Saudi spy' remark supports intel-officer hypothesis more than plot-knowledge.