Or maybe the Slimes was exaggerating a little? Nah!
"Within the past several days, the anonymous defense official said, a courier had been intercepted inside Iraq bearing a message from Zarqawi to bin Laden. The official would not reveal the contents of the message or exactly when and where its bearer had been found."
If 3 year old intelligence information happens to connect a bunch of dots, more power to those in the know. Seems like the intelligence community is sharing information more effectively among each other now that the Gorelick "wall" has been torn down. I think having this "wall" torn down made this intelligence more specific, because with the fact each agency can now freely pass information back and forth, everyone can piece together the puzzle quickly and effectively.
I am not able to find anything about this guy. Anyone have any info?
Khallad bin al-Attash is better known as Tawfiq Attash Khallad.
A CIA officer once described him as a "major-league killer."He also is suspected of playing a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, U.S. intelligence officials have said.
American intelligence officials say he met with two of the hijackers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January 2000. Those hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, were on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon.
He was in Afghanistan for much of the planning of the attacks and was believed to have moved to Pakistan by late 2002, officials said.