C.I.A. Given Data on Hijacker Before 9/11

(24 Feb 04)

JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU
NY Times
WASHINGTON -- American investigators were given the first name and telephone number of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers two and a half years before the attacks on New York and Washington, but the United States appears to have failed to pursue the lead aggressively, American and German officials say