[Mitchell]

Do you find it believable that an appointment calendar entry would not include a name but just a description ("Hamburg student")?

[Shermy]

Absolutely. Not only would it not have its name, Al-Ani himself might not even know Atta's real name. And is Al-Ani a mastermind, or just a messenger?

What kind of calendar? Al-Ani's? Or some general calendar? Maybe to document his leaving the embassy he had give a generic statement. Don't know.

Seems totalitarians like to document things...But then the Czechs might have created it to enhance their story.

For me the telling incident was the blatant disinformation about Vaclav Havel. That put the story beyond a mere conflict between honest disagreements.

[Travis McGee]

Do you find it believable that an appointment calendar entry would not include a name but just a description ("Hamburg student")?

Totally! For a meeting between a spymaster and a terrorist leader? Heck yes! It's just to serve as a nudge for the spymaster's memory, it's shorthand code as a precaution. If it had named Atta, it would be much LESS convincing.