PER-MIHDHAR
Khalid al-Mihdhar
Khalid Almihdhar
Attended the January 2000 Malaysia meeting tracked by CIA. Entered the U.S. 15 January 2000. Left in June 2000; re-entered 4 July 2001. Hijacked AA77.
Deceased 11 September 2001. CIA-FBI information-sharing failure is separately evidenced.
Witness statements (unmerged)
Later recollections are not folded into contemporaneous reports.
No statements stored.
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Contradictions
Linked evidence
Hazmi and Mihdhar enter the United States at LAX
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Two named men, later identified as AA77 hijackers, entered the U.S. at Los Angeles on 15 January 2000.
1 February 2000 restaurant encounter — chance or design unknown
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
A lunch on 1 February 2000 involving Bayoumi, Hazmi, and Mihdhar is documented because Bayoumi reported it.
Bayoumi locates apartment, co-signs lease, opens bank account
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Bayoumi performed specific, documented housing and banking tasks for the two men in early February 2000.
Commission: Bayoumi did not give them money beyond the reimbursed check
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Commission found no continuing financial transfers from Bayoumi to the two men.
Commission: no evidence Thumairy assisted the two operatives
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
2004 Commission published a negative finding on Thumairy assistance.
Thumairy denials contradicted by witnesses and telephone records
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Commission reports a contradiction between Thumairy's denial of knowing Bayoumi and other records.
Hazmi suspected Bayoumi was a Saudi spy
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Commission reports Hazmi expressed suspicion that Bayoumi was a Saudi spy.
FBI: Thumairy tasked an associate; 'two very significant people'
FBI materials released under Executive Order 14040 · 2021-09-11
Declassified FBI reporting asserts Thumairy tasked help and described the pair as very significant before the attacks.
CIA had Mihdhar visa information in January 2000; FBI notified August 2001
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
U.S. intelligence possessed Mihdhar's visa/travel data in January 2000 and did not get it to FBI watchlisting until August 2001.
DOJ OIG: FBI handling of Hazmi/Mihdhar intelligence
DOJ Office of Inspector General review of FBI handling of 9/11-related intelligence · 2004-11-01
An oversight body found FBI process failures regarding the two hijackers already in the United States.
Anwar al-Awlaki in the San Diego mosque circle
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Documented social/religious contact between Awlaki and the two hijackers in 2000–2001.
Parkwood manager on Bayoumi's lease role (later interview)
BBC reporting on Parkwood apartments and 2024 litigation · 2026-08-29
A property manager later described Bayoumi as handling the rental for the two men.
Bayoumi initially denied knowing Hazmi and Mihdhar
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Bayoumi's first interview denied a relationship he later described and that documents corroborate.
2024 reporting: Bayoumi misstated the timing of the Los Angeles trip
ProPublica / New York Times reporting on declassified FBI files (2023–2024) · 2024-08-09
Investigative journalists, citing civil-case evidence, report that Bayoumi's trip timing was false and the meeting appears planned.
Mohdar Abdullah assisted with licenses and orientation
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Abdullah provided documented logistical help in San Diego.
Mihdhar leaves the United States, 9 June 2000
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Mihdhar exited the U.S. on 9 June 2000.
AA77 hijacked; Hazmi and Mihdhar aboard; Pentagon impact
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
The two men assisted in San Diego in 2000 were AA77 hijackers on 11 September 2001.
KSM: operatives told to pose as students and seek mosque help
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
The Commission records a KSM claim that the two were instructed to seek mosque assistance and that AQ had no California agents.
Commission: first two weeks in Los Angeles not reconstructed
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Official investigators could not reconstruct the first ~20 days after LAX arrival.
Commission: AA77 struck the Pentagon at 09:37:46
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
The Commission states AA77 struck the Pentagon at 09:37:46.
Peter Dale Scott — 9/11 as a deep event: CIA personnel helped allow it (Toronto Report ch.5)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Scott's 2012 chapter restates a documented CIA-to-FBI withholding pattern around Mihdhar and Hazmi (Malaysia 2000, visa, watchlisting) attributed to a small Alec Station group, and adds a Saudi-GID liaison hypothesis plus an 'allowed to proceed' inference.
CIA email 21 August 2001: 'Re: Khalid Al-Mihdhar'
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2001-08-21
A CIA email dated 21 August 2001 is titled Re: Khalid Al-Mihdhar and is a Commission Chapter 8 citation.