EVD-144

Alleged ISI / Mahmoud Ahmad / Saeed Sheikh wire to Atta

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Provenance

Source: Reporting on Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad, ISI, and alleged Atta funding via Saeed Sheikh
Date: 2001-10-01
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SHA-256: fc70626a4e2bcbc4eae64a95330b71482107dd23a61e9f848008bfa86516e9fe
Classification: unclassified
Copyright: unknown

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Observation

Ahmad was in Washington on 9/11; press alleged an ISI-linked transfer to Atta that is not confirmed by a public U.S. primary in this lab.

Interpretation

Unresolved. High geopolitical hazard of both over- and under-weighting.

Source text

LEAD: Ahmad's Washington visit is real. The specific Atta wire is a journalistic allegation with a thin public primary trail. Pakistan denied it.

Keep as a claim (CLM-024) with low corroboration. Do not promote to verified finance of the plot; do not delete because it implicates an allied service.

Hypothesis linkage

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ISI-Atta wire, if it existed, is a different state channel than the Saudi San Diego question.

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