PER-THUMAIRY
Fahad al-Thumairy
Fahad Althumairy
Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs official and imam in Culver City. 9/11 Commission: no evidence he assisted the two operatives. Later FBI reporting alleges he tasked an associate to help them and described them as 'two very significant people.'
Denied knowing Hazmi, Mihdhar, and Bayoumi; denials contradicted by some witnesses and telephone records per Commission.
Witness statements (unmerged)
Later recollections are not folded into contemporaneous reports.
2003-01-01 · event 2000-01-20 · FBI / Commission
Denied knowing Hazmi, Mihdhar, Bayoumi, and Abdullah.
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Linked evidence
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.
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.
Bin Don vs Bayoumi on whether they visited King Fahd Mosque on 1 February
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Bayoumi and Bin Don gave inconsistent accounts of a mosque visit on the day of the restaurant meeting.
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.
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.