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http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/241201/dLFOR11.asp FBI hampered investigations against Al Qaeda: Report PTI New York, December 24 The Al Qaeda terrorist network could have been destroyed even before the September 11 attacks had the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) not shown "reluctance" to share information with others agencies, media report quoting officials said on Monday. The FBI is in possession of innumerable diaries and business cards, and had the access to names and addresses of many Al Qaeda terrorists which could have been effectively used to create a road map of the outfit's network, it said. During the course of the investigation into 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, FBI had accumulated a "treasure trove" of leads, American news magazine Newsweek reports in its latest issue. One of the FBI's suspects Wadih el-Hage, a former personal secretary to Osama bin Laden, it says, kept business cards from dozens of contacts he made while travelling on behalf Bin Laden's "corporate empire." Another suspect, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, an Iraqi later identified as a member of bin Laden's inner circle, gave a lengthy description of his contact for bin Laden's trading companies, it added. There were also leads to the terror cell run by Mohamed Atta, the chief September 11 hijacker. But senior intelligence officers outside the FBI complain, they received very little cooperation, the magazine says. Even as FBI justifies its secrecy by pointing to rules that restrict the disclosure of grand jury information, the "patriot act" signed by the president Bush in October, changed those rules, the report says. ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
