Hazmi (and later Hanjour) boarded with an FBI informant

Observation

An FBI informant housed at least one of the two San Diego hijackers.

Interpretation

High relevance to H008 (intelligence that could have been collected). Not evidence of Saudi facilitation. Do not infer criminality from graph proximity — including informant proximity.

Source text

OBSERVATION: Abdussattar Shaikh, an FBI source, rented to Nawaf al-Hazmi and later Hani Hanjour. Official reviews found the FBI did not obtain the names from the informant before the attacks in a way that triggered investigation.

This is proximity of a U.S. asset to hijackers, not evidence the asset or Bureau knew the plot.

Hypothesis linkage

• H008supportsseeded

  FBI informant housed a hijacker; collection opportunity existed.