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The London-based Advice and Reformation Committee (ARC) establishes a secure system for communications between Saudi Arabia and London for Osama bin Laden. The system is set up by Denver resident Lujain al-Imam, wife of London-based Islamic activist Mohammad al-Massari, at his request. The calls are routed from Saudi Arabia to Britain through Denver, Colorado, using toll-free lines established for US servicemen during the Gulf War, in order to stop the Saudi government from intercepting the messages. After the system is set up, bin Laden calls al-Massari to thank him. It is not known how long the phone system is used. However, in late 2001 al-Imam will say that some of the people involved in setting up the system are still in the Denver area, but she will not name them. [Scripps Howard News Service, 11/12/2001] Who Else Is in Denver? - The ARC is widely considered bin Laden's publicity office. ARC head Khalid al-Fawwaz will be indicted for his involvement in the US embassy bombings in 1998 (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998 and August 21, 2001). Denver-based radical publisher Homaidan al-Turki begins to be investigated over suspicions he is involved in terrorism in 1995, although it is unclear whether this is related to the Saudi Arabia-Britain phone lines. [Associated Press, 8/31/2006] Another likely suspect for this communications hub would be Ziyad Khaleel. He lives in Denver in the early 1990s until about 1994, and is vice president of the Denver Islamic Society. In 1998, he will work with al-Fawwaz to buy a satellite phone for bin Laden (see November 1996-Late August 1998). [Denver Post, 1/27/1991; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1/22/2003] It seems likely Khaleel is in contact with Anwar al-Awlaki at this time, since al-Awlaki works as an imam for the Denver Islamic Society from 1994 to 1996. In 1999, al-Awlaki will be investigated by the FBI for his links to Khaleel (see June 1999-March 2000). He will go on to be the imam for a couple of the future 9/11 hijackers in San Diego, California, and then will become a prominent radical in Yemen. [New York Times, 5/8/2010]
Entity Tags: Mohammed al-Massari, Lujain al-Imam, Advice and Reformation Committee, Anwar al-Awlaki, Osama bin Laden, Homaidan al-Turki, Ziyad Khaleel
Category Tags: Remote Surveillance, Osama Bin Laden, Londonistan - UK Counterterrorism, Anwar Al-Awlaki
Anwar al-Awlaki. [Source: Public domain]The FBI conducts a counterterrorism inquiry into Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam who will later be suspected of involvement in the 9/11 plot. He serves as the "spiritual leader" to several of the hijackers (see March 2001 and After), and by 2008 US intelligence will determine he is linked to al-Qaeda (see February 27, 2008). The investigation is opened when it is learned he had probably been visited by a "procurement agent" for bin Laden, Ziyad Khaleel. Khaleel had helped buy a satellite phone for bin Laden; when he is arrested in December 1999 he reportedly tells the FBI crucial details about al-Qaeda operations in the US (see December 29, 1999). In early 2000 the FBI is aware when al-Awlaki is visited by an unnamed close associate of Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman. [US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 131 ; Washington Post, 2/27/2008] He also serves as vice president of the Charitable Society for Social Welfare (CSSW), the US branch of a Yemeni charity founded by Sheikh Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, a Yemeni imam who the US will officially designate a terrorist in 2004. CSSW also has ties to the Islamic Cultural Institute in Milan, Italy, considered one of the centers of al-Qaeda activity in Europe. The FBI begins investigating CSSW in 1999 after a Yemeni politician visits the US to solicit donations for the charity, and then visits Mahmoud Es Sayed, a known al-Qaeda figure at the Islamic Cultural Institute, on the same trip. [Burr and Collins, 2006, pp. 243; Washington Post, 2/27/2008] The FBI learns that al-Awlaki knows individuals from the suspect Holy Land Foundation and others involved in raising money for Hamas. Sources allege that al-Awlaki has even more extremist connections. But none of these links are considered strong enough for criminal charges, and the investigation is closed. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 517] Al-Awlaki is beginning to associate with hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar shortly before the investigation ends. For instance, on February 4, one month before the FBI investigation is closed, al-Awlaki talks on the telephone four times with hijacker associate Omar al-Bayoumi. The 9/11 Commission will later speculate that these calls are related to Alhazmi and Almihdhar, since al-Bayoumi is helping them that day, and that Alhazmi or Almihdhar may even have been using al-Bayoumi's phone at the time (see February 4, 2000). Al-Bayoumi had also been the subject of an FBI counterterrorism investigation in 1999 (see September 1998-July 1999).
Entity Tags: Omar al-Bayoumi, Ziyad Khaleel, Nawaf Alhazmi, Osama bin Laden, Mahmoud Es Sayed, Omar Abdul-Rahman, Islamic Cultural Institute, Abdul Mejid al-Zindani, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Anwar al-Awlaki, Khalid Almihdhar, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Charitable Society for Social Welfare
Timeline Tags: 9/11 Timeline
Category Tags: Key Hijacker Events, Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, Anwar Al-Awlaki
Future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar attend a San Diego mosque whose imam is Anwar al-Awlaki, and they have closed-door meetings with him. Al-Awlaki preaches at the Al-Ribat Al-Islami (also known as Rabat) mosque in La Mesa, a town right next to San Diego. After 9/11, the FBI will question al-Awlaki, and he will admit to meeting with Alhazmi several times, but say he does not remember what they discussed. He will not claim to remember Almihdhar at all. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 221] However, other accounts will suggest there is a much closer relationship, and with both hijackers. It is uncertain when they first meet, but a series of phone calls on February 4, 2000 connects the two hijackers, al-Awlaki, and a suspected Saudi spy named Omar al-Bayoumi (see February 4, 2000). The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry will later report that Alhazmi and Almihdhar "were closely affiliated with [al-Awlaki] who reportedly served as their spiritual adviser during their time in San Diego.… Several persons informed the FBI after September 11 that this imam had closed-door meetings in San Diego with Almihdhar, Alhazmi, and another individual, whom al-Bayoumi had asked to help the hijackers." [US Congress, 7/24/2003 ] Abdullah in Closed-Door Meetings? - This other person may be Mohdar Abdullah. Interviewed after 9/11, Abdullah will claim that al-Bayoumi specifically asked him "to be the individual to acclimate the hijackers to the United States, particularly San Diego, California." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 513] Furthermore, one witness will later claim to have met Alhazmi through both al-Awlaki and Abdullah. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 513] Abdullah may be told of the 9/11 plot in the spring of 2000 (see Early 2000), so presumably he could be a participant in secret meetings. Investigator Confirms Closed-Door Meetings - Ray Fournier, a State Department official who will investigate al-Awlaki after 9/11, will say: "He was meeting with al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar in the ante room off of the Rabat mosque. Just the three of them. It stands to reason that when three people get together and two of them end up being hijackers that end up in the Pentagon, they're obviously discussing how they're going to stay on track.… He's absolving them of their sins. He's making sure that their cover within Western culture is being maintained. He's making sure they're going to stay operational." Fournier also claims that al-Awlaki was radicalized before the hijackers came to San Diego. [KPBS, 6/10/2010] Hijackers and Al-Awlaki Reunite in Virginia - Around August 2000, al-Awlaki resigns as imam and travels to unknown "various countries." In early 2001, he will be appointed the imam to a much larger mosque in Falls Church, Virginia. [Copley News, 10/1/2001] Alhazmi, Almihdhar, and fellow hijacker Hani Hanjour will move to Virginia and attend al-Awlaki's mosque there (see March 2001 and After). By 2008, US intelligence will conclude that al-Awlaki is an al-Qaeda operative (see February 27, 2008).
Entity Tags: Khalid Almihdhar, Anwar al-Awlaki, Nawaf Alhazmi, Mohdar Abdullah, Omar al-Bayoumi, Ray Fournier
Category Tags: Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, Anwar Al-Awlaki
According to phone records, four calls take place between imam Anwar al-Awlaki and Omar al-Bayoumi on February 4, 2000. This is the same day 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar move into their own apartment in the Parkwood Apartments complex in San Diego (see February 4-Mid-May 2000). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 517] On this day, al-Bayoumi is the co-signer and guarantor on their lease, and pays their first months' rent and deposit. It is possible they are using al-Bayoumi's phone at this time. [Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10/3/2001 ; 9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 517] An FBI agent who investigated the calls will later say that he is 98 percent certain that the phone is being used by Alhazmi and Almihdhar at the time. The phone will call al-Awlaki on February 10, 16, and 18 as well (see Spring 2000). [9/11 Commission, 11/17/2003 ] Al-Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi spy, helps the hijackers settle in San Diego in many ways (see January 15-February 2000). Al-Awlaki is the imam for the hijackers at the Al-Ribat Al-Islami mosque (also known as Rabat) on the La Mesa-San Diego border (see February-August 2000). US investigators will later conclude he is connected to al-Qaeda and probably involved in the 9/11 plot. [Washington Post, 2/27/2008] Al-Awlaki is the subject of an FBI counterterrorism investigation at the time these calls are made, but the investigation is closed one month later (see June 1999-March 2000).
Entity Tags: Khalid Almihdhar, Nawaf Alhazmi, Anwar al-Awlaki, Omar al-Bayoumi
Category Tags: Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, Bayoumi and Basnan Saudi Connection, Anwar Al-Awlaki
An unnamed FBI agent who investigates suspected Saudi spy Omar al-Bayoumi after 9/11 will later tell the 9/11 Commission that he is 98 percent sure that future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar use al-Bayoumi's cell phone during the first couple of months of 2000. For instance, a San Diego associate of al-Bayoumi's will later state in an interview that when he received a page on February 15, 2000 for al-Bayoumi's cell phone, he called the number and found he was speaking to Nawaf Alhazmi instead of al-Bayoumi. There are four calls from al-Bayoumi's cell phone to radical imam Anwar al-Awlaki on February 4, 2000 (see February 4, 2000). There are calls to al-Awlaki on February 10, 16, and 18 as well. The agent will also note that there are numerous other calls on this phone from this time period that have never been investigated, and this should be an issue of grave concern. [9/11 Commission, 11/17/2003 ]
Entity Tags: Omar al-Bayoumi, Khalid Almihdhar, Anwar al-Awlaki, Nawaf Alhazmi
The Dar al Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia. [Source: Fox News]After living together in Phoenix since December 2000, 9/11 hijackers Hani Hanjour and Nawaf Alhazmi move to Falls Church, Virginia, where imam Anwar al-Awlaki preaches. [Washington Post, 9/10/2002; 9/11 Commission, 1/26/2004] They live only a few blocks from where two nephews of Osama bin Laden with ties to terrorism go to work (see February-September 11, 1996 and June 1, 2004). They continue to live there off and on until around August. They begin attending the Dar al Hijrah mosque. [Washington Post, 9/10/2002] When they and hijacker Khalid Almihdhar lived in San Diego in early 2000, they attended a mosque there led by al-Awlaki. This imam moved to Falls Church in January 2001, and now the hijackers attend his sermons at the Dar al Hijrah mosque. Some later suspect that al-Awlaki is part of the 9/11 plot because of their similar moves, and other reasons: The FBI says al-Awlaki had closed door meetings with hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar in 2000 while all three of them were living in San Diego (see February-August 2000). [US Congress, 7/24/2003 ] Police later find the phone number of al-Awlaki's mosque when they search "would-be twentieth hijacker" Ramzi bin al-Shibh's apartment in Germany. [US Congress, 7/24/2003 ] The FBI was investigating al-Awlaki for ties to Islamic militant groups in early 2000 (see June 1999-March 2000). A neighbor of al-Awlaki later claims that, in the first week of August 2001, al-Awlaki knocked on his door and told him he is leaving for Kuwait: "He came over before he left and told me that something very big was going to happen, and that he had to be out of the country when it happened" (see Early August 2001). [Newsweek, 7/28/2003] US officials will allow al-Awlaki to leave the US twice in 2002, but by 2008 they will conclude that he is linked to al-Qaeda attacks (see Early September 2006-December 2007 and February 27, 2008).
Entity Tags: Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Germany, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden, 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Anwar al-Awlaki, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ramzi bin al-Shibh
Category Tags: Key Hijacker Events, Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, Anwar Al-Awlaki
Nawaf Alhazmi and Hani Hanjour rent an apartment in Alexandria, Virginia, for about a month, with the help of Eyad Alrababah, a man whom they met at a local mosque. The mosque is run by Anwar al-Awlaki, an associate of Alhazmi's from San Diego who was investigated by the FBI over terrorism suspicions (see March 2001 and After). Alhazmi and Hanjour had previously lived in Phoenix, Arizona (see December 12, 2000-March 2001) and will later move to Paterson, New Jersey (see March 2001-September 1, 2001). Alrababah will later say that he just happened to meet them after a service in the mosque, when they mentioned they were looking for an apartment and he had a friend who had one to rent. However, given al-Awlaki's previous association with Alhazmi, some FBI agents will later doubt this and suspect that al-Awlaki told Alrababah to help the hijackers. The 9/11 Commission will comment, "We share that suspicion, given the remarkable coincidence of al-Awlaki's prior relationship with Alhazmi." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 230]
Entity Tags: Hani Hanjour, Nawaf Alhazmi, Eyad M. Alrababah, 9/11 Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Anwar al-Awlaki
Category Tags: Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, Anwar Al-Awlaki
A neighbor of Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam who had frequent contact with future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, and Hani Hanjour in San Diego and/or Virginia (see March 2001 and After), will later claim that, in the first week of August 2001, al-Awlaki knocks on his door and tells him he is leaving for Kuwait. "He came over before he left and told me that something very big was going to happen, and that he had to be out of the country when it happened," the neighbor says. [Newsweek, 7/28/2003] The neighbor, Lincoln W. Higgie, lives in San Diego, California, and has long been friendly with al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki had already moved to Virginia earlier in the year (see March 2001 and After), but apparently he is briefly stopping by San Diego. Higgie will later recall that he tells al-Awlaki to visit if he is ever in the area. Al-Awlaki replies: "I don't think you'll be seeing me. I won't be coming back to San Diego again. Later on you'll find out why." [New York Times, 5/8/2010]
Entity Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Lincoln W. Higgie
Two agents from the Oklahoma City FBI office visit Airman Flight School in Norman, Oklahoma, to learn about Zacarias Moussaoui's training there earlier in the year. One of these agents had visited the same school in September 1999 to learn more about Ihab Ali Nawawi, an al-Qaeda agent who trained there in 1993. Apparently, this agent forgets the connection when he visits the school to look into Moussaoui. He later admits he should have connected the two cases. [Boston Globe, 9/18/2001; US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 322] The staff director of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry later states, "No one will ever know whether a greater focus on the connection between these events would have led to the unraveling of the September 11 plot." [New York Daily News, 9/25/2002] The Oklahoma City office also does not connect Moussaoui to a memo that had come from its office in May 1998 warning that "large numbers of Middle Eastern males" were receiving flight training in Oklahoma and could be planning terrorist attacks (see May 15, 1998). Furthermore, Moussaoui's Oklahoma roommate Hussein al-Attas is also under suspicion at this time (see August 16, 2001). One of the people who attempted to post bond for al-Attas, William Webb, had previously been the subject of an extensive investigation by the same Oklahoma City FBI office. Webb is a member of the extremist group the Muslim Brotherhood and is also Vice President of Overseas Operations and Recruiting for the Palestinian group Fatah. Further, Webb is connected to Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam who has frequent ties with some of the 9/11 hijackers and is suspected of involvement in the 9/11 plot (see March 2001 and After). Al-Awlaki was the subject of an FBI counterterrorism inquiry the year before (see June 1999-March 2000). These connections are also not noticed. [US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 322; US Department of Justice, 11/2004, pp. 134-5 ; US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, 7/31/2006 ]
Entity Tags: William Webb, Hussein al-Attas, Anwar al-Awlaki, FBI Minnesota field office, FBI Oklahoma City field office, Airman Flight School, Zacarias Moussaoui, Ihab Ali Nawawi
Category Tags: Anwar Al-Awlaki, Zacarias Moussaoui
Ali al Timini. [Source: Fox News]Shortly after 9/11, the FBI begins to suspect that Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam to several of the 9/11 hijackers, may have had some connection to the 9/11 plot. They interview him repeatedly, but cannot find enough evidence to charge him, and he cannot be deported since he is a US citizen. Investigators discover he had been arrested more than once for soliciting prostitutes. They learn he is consorting with prostitutes in Virginia, and contemplate jailing him on an obscure law against transporting prostitutes across state lines. However, this plan collapses when he leaves the US unexpectedly in March 2002. [US News and World Report, 6/13/2004] But on October 10, 2002, he makes a surprise return to the US. His name is on a terrorist watch list and he is detained when his plane lands in New York City. Customs agents notify the FBI, but they are told that his name was taken off the watch list just the day before. He is released after only three hours. It has not been explained why he name was taken off the list. Throughout 2002, al-Awlaki is also the subject of an active Customs investigation into money laundering called Operation Greenquest, but he is not arrested for this either, or for the earlier contemplated prostitution charges. [WorldNetDaily, 8/16/2003] At the time, the FBI is fighting Greenquest, and Customs officials will later accuse the FBI of sabotaging Greenquest investigations (see After March 20, 2002-Early 2003). While in the US, al-Awlaki visits the Fairfax, Virginia, home of Ali al Timimi, the leader of a nearby Islamic center. According to a later court filing, al-Awlaki attempts to get al Timimi to discuss the recruitment of young Muslims for militant causes, but al Timimi does not show interest. Al Timimi will later be sentenced to life in prison in the US for inciting young Muslims to fight in Afghanistan shortly after 9/11. [Washington Post, 2/27/2008] Al-Awlaki then leaves the US again. The FBI will later admit they were "very interested" in al-Awlaki and yet failed to stop him from leaving the country. One FBI source says, "We don't know how he got out." [US News and World Report, 6/13/2004] He will allegedly take part in other militant attacks (see September 15, 2006). By 2008, US intelligence will conclude that he is linked to al-Qaeda (see February 27, 2008).
Entity Tags: Al-Qaeda, US Customs Service, Operation Greenquest, Anwar al-Awlaki, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Category Tags: Possible Hijacker Associates in US, 9/11 Investigations, FBI 9/11 Investigation, Counterterrorism Action After 9/11, Internal US Security After 9/11, Anwar Al-Awlaki
Anwar al-Awlaki, the imam for three of the 9/11 hijackers in the US, lives openly in Britain. Growing Suspicions about Al-Awlaki in US - After 9/11, US investigators increasingly suspect that al-Awlaki's links with hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, and Hani Hanjour in the US were more than just a coincidence. In October 2002, al-Awlaki is briefly detained while visiting the US but is not arrested, even though there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest (see October 2002). The FBI as a whole does not believe he was involved in the 9/11 plot. However, some disagree. One detective tells the 9/11 Commission in 2003 or 2004 that al-Awlaki "was at the center of the 9/11 story." The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry releases its final report in 2003, and it states that al-Awlaki "was a central figure in a support network that aided [Alhazmi and Almihdhar]" (see August 1-3, 2003). No Attempt to Arrest Him Living Openly in Britain - Al-Awlaki does not visit the US again, after his near arrest. But he lives openly in Britain, a close US ally. He teaches Islam to students in London and adopts an increasingly religious fundamentalist stance. His lectures grow in popularity, especially through sales of CDs of recorded speeches. He travels widely through Britain giving lectures. But despite growing evidence against him in the US, there is no known attempt to have him arrested in Britain. At some point in 2004, he moves to Yemen to preach and study there. [New York Times, 5/8/2010]
Entity Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hani Hanjour, Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar
Category Tags: Possible Hijacker Associates in US, 9/11 Investigations, 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, FBI 9/11 Investigation, Anwar Al-Awlaki
The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry's final report concludes that at least six 9/11 hijackers received "substantial assistance" from associates in the US, though it's "not known to what extent any of these contacts in the United States were aware of the plot." These hijackers came into contact with at least 14 people who were investigated by the FBI before 9/11, and four of those investigations were active while the hijackers were present. But in June 2002, FBI Director Mueller testified: "While here, the hijackers effectively operated without suspicion, triggering nothing that would have alerted law enforcement and doing nothing that exposed them to domestic coverage. As far as we know, they contacted no known terrorist sympathizers in the United States" (see June 18, 2002). CIA Director Tenet made similar comments at the same time, and another FBI official stated, "[T]here were no contacts with anybody we were looking at inside the United States." These comments are untrue, because one FBI document from November 2001 uncovered by the Inquiry concludes that the six lead hijackers "maintained a web of contacts both in the United States and abroad. These associates, ranging in degrees of closeness, include friends and associates from universities and flight schools, former roommates, people they knew through mosques and religious activities, and employment contacts. Other contacts provided legal, logistical, or financial assistance, facilitated US entry and flight school enrollment, or were known from [al-Qaeda]-related activities or training." [US Congress, 7/24/2003 ] The declassified sections of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry's final report show the hijackers have contact with: Mamoun Darkazanli, investigated several times starting in 1993 (see 1993; Late 1998); the CIA makes repeated efforts to turn him into an informer (see December 1999). Mohammed Haydar Zammar, investigated by Germany since at least 1997 (see 1996), the Germans periodically inform the CIA what they learn. Osama Basnan, US intelligence is informed of his connections to Islamic militants several times in early 1990s but fails to investigate (see April 1998). Omar al-Bayoumi, investigated in San Diego from 1998-1999 (see September 1998-July 1999). Anwar al-Awlaki, investigated in San Diego from 1999-2000 (see June 1999-March 2000). Osama "Sam" Mustafa, owner of a San Diego gas station, and investigated beginning in 1991 (see Autumn 2000). Ed Salamah, manager of the same gas station, and an uncooperative witness in 2000 (see Autumn 2000). An unnamed friend of Hani Hanjour, whom the FBI tries to investigate in 2001. An unnamed associate of Marwan Alshehhi, investigated beginning in 1999. Hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar, who had contact with Basnan, al-Bayoumi, al-Awlaki, Mustafa, and Salamah, "maintained a number of other contacts in the local Islamic community during their time in San Diego, some of whom were also known to the FBI through counterterrorist inquiries and investigations," but details of these individuals and possible others are still classified. [US Congress, 7/24/2003 ] None of the above people have been arrested or even publicly charged with any crime associated with terrorism, although Zammar is in prison in Syria.
Entity Tags: Robert S. Mueller III, Osama Basnan, Osama ("Sam") Mustafa, Nawaf Alhazmi, Omar al-Bayoumi, Mamoun Darkazanli, Mohammed Haydar Zammar, Ed Salamah, Central Intelligence Agency, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Anwar al-Awlaki, George J. Tenet, Khalid Almihdhar, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Category Tags: Possible Hijacker Associates in US, Bayoumi and Basnan Saudi Connection, 9/11 Investigations, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Mohammed Haydar Zammar, Anwar Al-Awlaki
In the wake of the release of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry's full report, anonymous officials leak some details from a controversial, completely censored 28-page section that focuses on possible Saudi support for 9/11. According to leaks given to the New York Times, the section says that Omar al-Bayoumi and/or Osama Basnan "had at least indirect links with two hijackers [who] were probably Saudi intelligence agents and may have reported to Saudi government officials." It also says that Anwar al-Awlaki "was a central figure in a support network that aided the same two hijackers." Most connections drawn in the report between the men, Saudi intelligence, and 9/11 is said to be circumstantial. [New York Times, 8/2/2003] One key section is said to read, "On the one hand, it is possible that these kinds of connections could suggest, as indicated in a CIA memorandum, 'incontrovertible evidence that there is support for these terrorists… On the other hand, it is also possible that further investigation of these allegations could reveal legitimate, and innocent, explanations for these associations.'"(see August 2, 2002) Some of the most sensitive information involves what US agencies are doing currently to investigate Saudi business figures and organizations. [Associated Press, 8/2/2003] According to the New Republic, the section outlines "connections between the hijacking plot and the very top levels of the Saudi royal family." An anonymous official is quoted as saying, "There's a lot more in the 28 pages than money. Everyone's chasing the charities. They should be chasing direct links to high levels of the Saudi government. We're not talking about rogue elements. We're talking about a coordinated network that reaches right from the hijackers to multiple places in the Saudi government.… If the people in the administration trying to link Iraq to al-Qaeda had one-one-thousandth of the stuff that the 28 pages has linking a foreign government to al-Qaeda, they would have been in good shape.… If the 28 pages were to be made public, I have no question that the entire relationship with Saudi Arabia would change overnight." [New Republic, 8/1/2003] The section also is critical that the issue of foreign government support remains unresolved. One section reads, "In their testimony, neither CIA or FBI officials were able to address definitely the extent of such support for the hijackers, globally or within the United States, or the extent to which such support, if it exists, is knowing or inadvertent in nature. This gap in intelligence community coverage is unacceptable." [Boston Globe, 8/3/2003]
Entity Tags: Osama Basnan, Omar al-Bayoumi, Anwar al-Awlaki, Central Intelligence Agency, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Al-Qaeda
Category Tags: Key Hijacker Events, Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Bayoumi and Basnan Saudi Connection, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Saudi Arabia, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, 9/11 Investigations, Anwar Al-Awlaki
Larry Mefford. [Source: James Kegley / San Francisco Chronicle]FBI officials maintain that 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar did not have anyone knowingly supporting their al-Qaeda activities when they lived in San Diego in 2000 and 2001. FBI: Hijackers Had No Witting Support in San Diego - Larry Mefford, who was the FBI's head of counterterrorism until November 2003, says: "Maybe there's been something new. But as of the time of my retirement, there was no credible indication that anyone in Southern California helped the two terrorists with knowledge of the 9/11 plot." And Richard Garcia, head of the FBI in Los Angeles, says, "If there was support, I think it was unwitting." Garcia says that whatever support the hijackers received was from Muslims innocently helping other Muslims. 9/11 Commission Suggests Otherwise - However, the 9/11 Commission's final report, published the same day as these comments, suggests otherwise. The report details extensive help the hijackers received, and strongly implies that at least some of their helpers, such as Mohdar Abdullah and Anwar al-Awlaki, were radical Islamists with a similar agenda as the hijackers. For instance, the report comments, "We believe it is unlikely that [Alhazmi] and Almihdhar… would have come to the United States without arranging to receive assistance from one or more individuals informed in advance of their arrival." [Los Angeles Times, 7/24/2004] 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Also Suggests Otherwise - The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry's final report concluded that at least six 9/11 hijackers received "substantial assistance" from associates in the US, though it is "not known to what extent any of these contacts in the United States were aware of the plot." The inquiry focused on associates in San Diego, including Abdullah and al-Awlaki (see July 24, 2003). [US Congress, 7/24/2003 ] What about Abdullah and Al-Awlaki? - In late 2003, new evidence emerged that Abdullah might have had foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks, but he was deported anyway, in May 2004 (see May 21, 2004). In late 2004, several months after the comments by Mefford and Garcia, more evidence against him will emerge, causing the FBI to reopen its investigation into him (see September 2003-May 21, 2004). In 2008, US intelligence will finally conclude that al-Awlaki is an al-Qaeda operative (see February 27, 2008), and he will be connected to a number of attacks in the US.
Entity Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Richard Garcia, Nawaf Alhazmi, Mohdar Abdullah, Khalid Almihdhar, 9/11 Commission, Larry Mefford
Category Tags: Alhazmi and Almihdhar, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, 9/11 Investigations, 9/11 Commission, FBI 9/11 Investigation, Anwar Al-Awlaki
In early September 2006, Anwar al-Awlaki is arrested in Yemen at the request of the US government. Al-Awlaki served as imam to several of the 9/11 hijackers when they lived in the US (see March 2001 and After). [Australian, 11/4/2006] However, al-Awlaki is released in December 2007. The US was limited in how much it could pressure the government of Yemen to keep holding him, because he has never been formally charged with any crime. In a taped interview shortly after his release, he claims that while he was imprisoned in Yemen, he was interrogated by the FBI multiple times and asked about his dealings with the 9/11 hijackers. [Washington Post, 2/27/2008] According to the New York Times, "by the end of 2007, American officials, some of whom were disturbed at the imprisonment without charges of a United States citizen, signaled that they no longer insisted on al-Awlaki's incarceration, and he was released." [New York Times, 5/8/2010] By February 2008, just two months after US officials approved his release, US intelligence will conclude that al-Awlaki is linked to al-Qaeda (see February 27, 2008).
Entity Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Anwar al-Awlaki
Category Tags: Possible Hijacker Associates in US, 9/11 Investigations, FBI 9/11 Investigation, Yemeni Militant Collusion, Counterterrorism Action After 9/11, Anwar Al-Awlaki
Two simultaneous suicide attacks on oil and gas installations in Yemen fail. The Safer refinery in Marib and the al-Dhabba terminal in Hadramout are attacked by four suicide bombers with car bombs, but Yemeni security forces blow the cars up just before they reach their targets. The four suicide bombers and one security guard are killed. The attacks come just a few days after al-Qaeda number two leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called for attacks on oil facilities in the Persian Gulf region. A Yemeni court later sentences 32 men to between two and 15 years in jail for their roles in the attacks. Three of them are alleged al-Qaeda operatives tried in absentia who escaped from prison earlier in 2006 (see February 3, 2006). [BBC, 11/7/2007] Anwar al-Awlaki, an imam for several of the 9/11 hijackers while they lived in the US, was arrested in Yemen earlier in the month (see Early September 2006-December 2007). He allegedly also has a role preparing for the foiled attacks. [Australian, 11/3/2006; Australian, 11/4/2006] The attempted attacks also come just days before Yemen's presidential elections. Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh, in power since 1978, quickly uses the attacks to criticize his opponent, because one of the opponents' guards was accused of being involved. The guard is later acquitted. Saleh wins reelection. [New York Times, 3/1/2008] In 2008, one anonymous senior Yemeni official will tell the Washington Post that some important al-Qaeda members have had a long relationship with Yemen's intelligence agencies and have targeted political opponents in the past. [Washington Post, 5/4/2008]
Entity Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda, Ali Abdallah Saleh
Timeline Tags: Alleged Use of False Flag Attacks
Category Tags: Yemeni Militant Collusion, Alleged Al-Qaeda Linked Attacks, Anwar Al-Awlaki
The Washington Post reports that US intelligence has finally determined that Anwar al-Awlaki is linked to al-Qaeda. Al-Awlaki was an imam at two different mosques attended by hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, and Hani Hanjour, and he has been suspected of assisting the 9/11 plot. An anonymous US counterterrorism official tells the Post, "There is good reason to believe Anwar al-Awlaki has been involved in very serious terrorist activities since leaving the United States [after 9/11], including plotting attacks against America and our allies." However, the US apparently did not ask Yemen to extradite him when he was arrested there in 2006, because there was no pending legal case against him. He continues to reside in Yemen and apparently still has not been charged with any crime. [Washington Post, 2/27/2008] In December 2007, just two months before this article, the US approved the release of al-Awlaki in Yemen, apparently because there still was no pending legal case against him (see Early September 2006-December 2007). He also does not appear to be on any public wanted list.
Entity Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Al-Qaeda
Category Tags: FBI 9/11 Investigation, Counterterrorism Action After 9/11, Possible Hijacker Associates in US, 9/11 Investigations, Anwar Al-Awlaki
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Phishy business: Acoustic-jam a crowd-pleaser
Left Foot Braking
at Miller's
November 1
It was beautiful out last Saturday night, just cool enough for a light jacket, but still warm enough to make outside seating on the Downtown Mall comfortable, so after having enjoyed two hours of prime $3 cinematic entertainment at the Jefferson Theater, I made my way over to Miller's for an equally prime outdoor seat at that establishment.
I was, at least subconsciously, aware that the local act Left Foot Braking was scheduled to perform, and having taken the table closest to the large window behind the stage, I steeled myself for a few hours of ass-heavy free tunes.
My seat, you understand, while allowing me to avoid the venue's $3 cover, had the amusing quirk of providing me with a posterior-centric view of the band- -in the words of my friend Ann Belaney, I was doing a kind of "Behind the Music" piece.
Because of my wholehearted commitment to reviewing bands with "substance over style," I will refrain from reviewing the most visible element of the group's on-stage appearance (at least from where I was sitting), but another friend, with a similar view, commented, "Things are looking quite good from here."
The first Left Foot Braking song I heard in its totality was an acoustic/electric tune in the vein of Dire Straits, though with noticeably higher vocals. The group's singer, situated stage left, provided acoustic backing for some of the set, and possessed a fine– though not particularly outstanding– voice.
The first and second songs seemed to be arranged similarly pop/rock beginning, extended instrumental section with wa-wa guitar entering the fray, then melody reprise, with an extended jam close. What struck me most about the group, aside from the nice walking bass lines, was the fact that the drummer performed on an electronic drum kit- of the type last seen (at least by me) in a Def Leppard music video from 1987. Not sounding particularly synthetic, the set did have the nice benefit of fitting well on Miller's painfully small stage.
After a number of similar pop/rock-followed-by-jam-to-close numbers, the group took a break, and then began their second set, composed, from what I could tell, of covers. Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" was followed by Bob Dylan's great rock tune "Hurricane"- both songs well performed, but somehow still with the acoustic-jam feel that Left Foot Braking perfected in the first set.
The group's performance of Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Tree" broke one of the unwritten rules of Miller's– evidently, almost every band that performs at the venue plays a cover of it, making for a kind of nauseating inside joke for the wait staff there.
Comedy aside, jam and I have never been comfortable bedfellows, and Left Foot Braking's show at Miller's was just a little too "Phishy" for my tastes.
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One of the various random encounters during the Olympics was of 2 Olympic silver medal winning Ice Dance competitors who arent each others partners. Random.
Charlie White, the silver medal winner (with his partner Meryl Davis) at the 2010 Olympics in Ice Dance was seen out & about with another Olympic Ice Dance competitor, and former Olympic silver medalist in the same sport, Tanith Belbin (a Canadian who is competing for the U.S.A. & sporting their flag on her cheek....Shame on you Ms.Belbin tsk tsk tsk).
The couple were spotted strolling thru the courtyard near where the Olympic Village entrance/exit was. They clearly were in a hurry, as they speed walked thru a throng of unaware people on their way to their destination. That destination, a U.S.A. hockey game.
Even though clearly in a hurry, the couple stopped long enough to sign a handful of autographs (although Charlie was pretty impatient once the requests seemed to run out for his autograph) on their way to the event.
Charlie White was nice, although a bit impatient. Perhaps being a former hockey player himself, he was more eager to get to the game. Tanith Belbin was incredibly nice, perhaps to a fault as she signed severla photos for 1 person, then several more for the next, all while her boyfriend tried to encourage her to get going.
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Mark Ballas Talks On Homosexual Stereotypes, Dancing With The Stars, And More
Heads up! Mark Ballas is a guest on HDNet's "Naughty But Nice with Rob" this weekend. Rob and Mark talk about how some people assume dancers are "gay" which is not true. They talk about same sex couples dancing and how he'd love to do so. Mark also talks on his new partner saying he has no idea who it is (at the time of this interview) and how most likely it will be someone who is near the same height. Hmmm?? More in a take below and at Huffingtonpost.com. To see even more of this interview, be sure to tune into Rob's show today and tomorrow. Check your local listings for times.
"There is one gay cast member," Ballas tells me, admitting that he personally has never had to deal with any of the assumptions people make about male dancers. "Fortunately, I never had to deal with it. I went to a performing arts school and my whole philosophy, if someone said something to me, I would say, 'Well, while you are on the football field with other dudes, I will be dancing with a lot of girls.' But I think with dancing now, a lot of guys are getting into it. How can you not want to dance?"
Knowing about the whispers surrounding some of his fellow cast members' sexuality, Ballas believes the amount of sports stars that have been contestants on the show has helped change assumptions about the personal lives of male dancers.
"Hines Ward is some dude that would kill you," Ballas tells me on the set of my HDNet talk show. "They love it. It's hard to do! Obviously there's always frustrating moments, but it's overcoming them together at the end of the day."
Admitting he has no idea which celebrity he has been paired with for the upcoming season, Ballas does reveal one of the biggest factors that the producers consider – height.


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Last night's game would have made Forest Gump sick, and I don't mean "cough due to cold" type of sickness. For those of you that don't remember, Forest didn't like to walk anywhere. Maybe the D-Rays would pitch better if Forest was on the mound. Tampa Bay pitchers walked nine batters in eight innings of work during the 16-6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Starting pitcher, Seth McClung, walked seven in three innings, giving up seven runs. Newly acquired Brian Meadows, gave up seven runs in 1.2 innings of work. At least he didn't walk any batters. While the loss of this game is not the fault of the offense, they are not without blame. We over here at Rays Index are glad there was a glitch in the TiVo tonight, and we were not subjected to this game. OH THE HUMANITY!
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House GOP campaign pulls support for Mark Sanford
- Mark Sanford is trying to make a political comeback after an affair derailed his career
- Jenny Sanford says ex-husband was trespassing at her house in violation of their divorce agreement
- Mark Sanford locked in House race vs. Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch
The House GOP's campaign committee said Wednesday it will not help former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford in his comeback bid for Congress.
"Mark Sanford has proven he knows what it takes to win elections," said Andrea Bozek, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). "At this time, the NRCC will not be engaged in this special election."
The decision to withhold financial support from Sanford comes a day after the revelation that Jenny Sanford, the former governor's ex-wife, has accused him of trespassing at her home in violation of their divorce settlement.
Sanford, who is running in a special House election on May 7, is due in court two days after voters go to the polls, according to court documents obtained by the Associated Press.
The NRCC had been working with Sanford and his campaign team on polling and other activities until now. Politico was first to report the NRCC's decision.
Sanford said in a statement Wednesday that he was at his ex-wife's home so his 14-year-old son would not have to watch the Super Bowl alone.
"Given she was out of town, I tried to reach her beforehand to tell her of the situation that had arisen and met her at the back steps under the light of my cellphone when she returned and told her what had happened," Sanford said.
The House campaign committee's decision is a blow to Sanford and adds to the challenge he faces in light of the trespassing incident.
"This hurts," said David Woodard, a Clemson University political scientist. "When you get this, that's not good. This is not a terminated divorce. ... It's an ongoing problem, and it's a problem for voters to think it's not over."
Jenny Sanford told The Post and Courier that she believed the court documents would not become public.
"It is a private matter," Jenny Sanford told the Charleston, S.C., newspaper in a story published Wednesday. "The documents are real, but it was my understanding that the documents would remain sealed, along with our divorce agreement."
The couple, parents of four sons, divorced in 2010 after Mark Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina. He is engaged to Maria Belen Chapur and has been open throughout the congressional campaign about his past mistakes.
Although South Carolina's 1st Congressional District is in a Republican stronghold, Democrats have high hopes for Elizabeth Colbert Busch, their nominee. She is a businesswoman and older sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, who has helped the Democrat with fundraising.
"Mitt Romney won this district by 18 points, so the competitiveness of the race proves we can and will compete anywhere when Republicans nominate flawed candidates," said Jesse Ferguson, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "Since Republicans in Congress are actually less popular than Mark Sanford in this district, the 119 Republicans in more Democratic seats than this one must be worried about how quickly the NRCC will drop them, too."
Colbert Busch declined to comment on the incident between Mark and Jenny Sanford, saying her campaign was focused on job creation.
According to the court documents, Mark Sanford used his cellphone as a flashlight when Jenny Sanford confronted him leaving her Sullivan's Island house. The date of the incident — Feb. 3 — is about three weeks after the former governor declared his candidacy in South Carolina's 1st District.
Woodard, who is on sabbatical this semester, said he does not believe the trespassing charge will be "fatal" to Sanford. One key will be how women vote. "They tend to make a value judgment about men through a divorce," he said.
Jenny Sanford wrote in her memoir, Staying True, that she relied on her faith and her friends as she dealt with Mark Sanford's admission of an affair. The public rallied around Jenny Sanford, and she was on a short list of Gov. Nikki Haley's potential appointees to the U.S. Senate. (That appointment went to GOP Rep. Tim Scott, whose resignation created the vacancy in the House that Mark Sanford seeks.)
"I am doing my best not to get in the way of his race," Jenny Sanford told the AP this week about her ex-husband's race. "I want him to sink or swim on his own. For the sake of my children, I'm trying my best not to get in the way, but he makes things difficult for me when he does things like trespassing."
In a separate move Wednesday, a Democratic group said it will begin running an ad targeting Sanford's spending while in the governor's office. The House Majority PAC said the commercial is part of a three-week, six-figure media campaign.


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Alleged victim in Quincy rape case killed in fiery crash
17-year-old from Woburn killed in Malden
The alleged victim in the statutory rape case against Quincy developer William O'Connell is dead.
Police told our news partners at the Patriot ledger that the 17-year-old woman from Woburn was the driver killed in a fiery early morning car crash in Malden on Tuesday.
A passenger, a 19-year-old woman from Woburn, survived the crash and is being treated at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Malden Police Lt. Det. Marc Gatcomb said the crash occurred in a residential section of Malden around 3:30 a.m. The car struck granite curbing in front of a Medford Street home, then hit a set of concrete stairs, propelling the vehicle into the air and a sign pole, he said.
Gatcomb said speed was a factor in the crash. Police have no evidence to indicate drugs or alcohol was a factor, he said.
"It's still actively under investigation," Gatcomb said Wednesday morning. The accident is being investigated by Malden Police and the State Police accident reconstruction team.
O'Connell and a co-conspirator, Phyllis Capuano, 22, of Everett, were indicted last year on statutory rape charges connected to O'Connell's interactions with the alleged victim in 2009.
O'Connell is also facing a cocaine trafficking charge connected to substances police found in his Marina Bay condominium. The condominium was raided after a search warrant was obtained based on statements the alleged rape victim made to investigators.
The teen was a key witness in the case against O'Connell. It is not yet clear what effect this will have on the case.
NewCenter 5 does not identify the victims of sex crimes, so the teen's name has been withheld from this story.


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Why All Spiritual Teachers Other Than Me, Nishijima Roshi and Dogen SUCK ASS!!!!
My Facebook page gets all kinds of goofy ads for just about any vaguely "eastern spirituality" related thing that advertises on Facebook. I often wonder how FB knows to target me with these ads. It's kind of scary. I certainly didn't call Mark Zuckerbeg and tell him I was into that stuff. The Facebook folks also seem to think I want to date younger women. But that's a whole other subject.
Lately whenever something particularly silly appears on my page, I take a screen shot of it and post it with a comment. The other day I posted the ad you're seeing now on this blog with the following comment:
"But can Reggie Ray help me stay in the Alpha state or can Omharmonics help me step more deeply into the river of my life? And can either of them get the gunk off my shoes?"
This upset some of the fans of Reggie Ray who subscribe to my FB page. They thought I was dissing their dude. But actually I had never even heard of Reggie Ray before this ad appeared. The only Reggie I know of is Archie's rival from the Archie comic books. Maybe he got all spiritual when he grew up.
I really do not follow the Buddhist scene in America, or anywhere else for that matter. That seems to surprise people sometimes. But I honestly have pretty much zero interest in who's who in the land of famous spiritual masters. Occasionally when some dill weed starts advertising that he can get you enlightened for more money than I've made in the past three years combined I might take notice.
But generally I don't care about any of these people. Some of them are probably nice, well meaning guys. Others are clearly in it for the money. It's like rock and roll or movies of any other form of mass entertainment. Most of what ends up being big is garbage calculated specifically to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Though on rare occasions something good breaks through. Spirituality in 21st century America is one more form of popular amusement.
In any case, I thought what I said was pretty clearly not a put down of Reggie Ray. It was just a comment on his ad and on the fact that it was paired with an ad for Omharmonics in such a way that they seemed to be competing with each other.
One of my FB friends said I ought to attend one of Reggie's retreats because "he is a genuine dharma conduit." Maybe so. But I'm over that stuff. Years ago I kept hearing about this particular Buddhist master who was supposed to be really great. So I went and saw one of his things. I was appalled. The guy was a master all right. A master of working the system. He was playing his followers like they were an accordion and he was Weird Al Yankovic. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Maybe Reggie Ray isn't like that. Maybe he really is great. I don't know and I'm not all that interested in finding out. No disrespect to Mr. Ray intended. It's just that I have a teacher. I don't really feel any great need to find someone else or to sample all the flavors out there on the spiritual buffet table. I'm just not into that sort of thing.
One response I got to my FB post was, I think, pretty typical of what happens when I say absolutely anything about any other teacher. It went, "I'm forever grateful to you Brad for writing Hardcore Zen. It brought me to the practise. But you really seem close minded when it comes to any other teacher. Is it because of your dislike of the fakes out there that you're skeptical? Or is it something else?"
It's like what happened when I mentioned Thich Naht Hanh (did I get the spelling right this time? I honestly tried!) the other day. I knew that titling the article "Thich Naht Hanh is Wrong" was bound to cause some consternation. But read the article and you'll see that it's about a particular statement attributed to TNH and the way that statement was taken out of context and presented. Unfortunately, little soundbytes like that seem to be the way most people approach Buddhism or spirituality in general these days. They're too busy to go into Buddhism or anything else in any kind of depth. So they look at a couple of Twitter postings and think they've got it down.
Be that as it may, I do not think all other spiritual teachers suck ass. On the other hand, I'm generally not terribly impressed with most of the people currently working in the area of "commercial spiritual teacher" -- by that I mean spiritual teacher types who write books, who do lecture tours, who get movies made about them etc. like me, for example.
There is a whole other class of spiritual teacher who are entirely different from "commercial spiritual teachers" who I (generally) respect a lot more. These are people who work mostly anonymously, who nobody ever hears of, whose next door neighbors don't even know what they do -- whose next door neighbors are, in fact, many of the people who say, "There are no teachers near me! Why can't I just do my Zen training on line?"
Anyway, those anonymous people are almost always better than anyone you've ever heard of who also does this "spiritual teacher" thing. The supposed superstars of the spiritual world and most especially me -- though I'm a C-list spiritual celebrity at best -- are no match for most of these anonymous humble teachers.
The idea that people sell spirituality as a commodity bugs me. I don't mind people who sell books about spirituality. That's fine. Or books about their own experience of a practice. Also great. But what a lot of these guys are selling is clearly not that. They advertise themselves as being able to grant you enlightenment, realization, peace of mind, or whatever, for a price. But they can't do that. Nobody can do that. If someone really could, that would be great.
But you cannot buy that kind of thing. Just like you can't buy genuine love. Even though you can buy a night with a very good prostitute, some of whom are adept at the "girlfriend experience" which means they can simulate genuine love. But that costs you extra. And a lot of what I see advertised sounds to me like a Zen version of the "girlfriend experience." That's what Genpo Roshi is selling with his personalized five-day retreats for only five people in a luxury hotel.
Also the idea that we must not question anyone as pure and lovely as Thich Naht Hanh or Reggie Ray or whoever worries me. When we lose our ability to be critical, we're stepping into a very dangerous area. We're no longer looking at things in a balanced way. That's when trouble begins.


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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Using an 11-goal, second-half surge, the sixth-ranked University of Notre Dame women's lacrosse team (9-2, 3-2) pulled away for an 18-5 victory over Villanova (2-9, 0-3) Saturday at Arlotta Stadium. Freshman Allie Murray earned the victory in her first career start in net.
Lindsay Powell led the way for an Irish offensive attack that saw nine different players score, tallying five goals on the day. Lauren Sullivan scored a career-high four goals, Grace Dooley and Kaitlyn Brosco added two apiece and Maggie Tamasitis, Jenny Granger, Kelly Driscoll, Megan Sullivan and Betsy Mastropieri added lone markers.
Murray, meanwhile, showed little nerves in her first career start, stopping nine shots while only allowing five goals to the Wildcats offense. The Exton, Pa., native followed up a three-save first half by stopping six of eight shots put on cage in the second half. She earned her first career victory and improved her goals-against-average to 8.78 for the season.
Maria Bowman led the way for Villanova, finishing the game with two goals. Jessica Mucci, Ali Brandenburg and Justine Donodeo added single tallies. Ama Hirschfeld got the start for the Wildcats and took the loss, allowing three goals without recording a save before getting pulled 5:12 into the first half. Dani Wiedmeier finished the contest, recording 13 saves and allowing 15 goals over the final 54:48.
The Irish, aided by back-to-back goals by Powell to begin the game, jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the contest with only 3:25 having elapsed off the clock. After Tamasitis scored to make the count 3-0, Villanova brought in Wiedmeier to man the cage. Dooley greeted the Wildcats' goalkeeper with her third goal of the year at 17:15 to push the score to 4-0.
Bowman got Villanova its first goal at 15:56, but the Irish responded with scores from Brosco, M. Sullivan and L. Sullivan to expand the count to 7-1. The Wildcats reeled off three consecutive scores of their own, however, to cut the lead to just three (7-4) with 23:01 left in the contest.
The Irish attack then took over for that final stretch of the game, outscoring Villanova 11-1 in that time. Included during that period, K. Driscoll scored her first goal of the season and recorded her first career assist, while L. Sullivan and McKenzie Brown also notched their first career helpers.
Notre Dame next faces Connecticut on Saturday, April 14 in Storrs, Conn. Opening draw is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (ET).
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Canon keeps the hardware costs down by not giving the Pixma MG2220 an elaborate LCD screen, instead opting for a simple two-line readout that displays basic information like the number of duplicates you want from the copier. The rest of the control panel is equally svelte and includes single-function buttons for selecting media sizes, fit-to-page toggle, and black and color scanning options. One thing to note about the cockpit is that you need to look directly down onto it, so you'll need to situate it lower than eye level for best visibility and access. Still, in a worst-case scenario, you can always access all of the same shortcut features through the virtual options on the driver.
The MG2220 is in the first batch of Canon photo printers to use a new method for loading ink cartridges. The company calls it "FastFront," and it lets you simply pull down a door behind the 100-sheet paper tray to expose the inks. The new method makes cartridge replacement easier, and you don't have to lift up the scanner lid to replace them. The minimal two-ink cartridge system inside means this device isn't ideal for printing batch photos because of its limited color output. You'll see in the Performance section of this review that the Pixma MG3220 still served up decent-quality snapshot pictures, but it's not their quality that should concern you -- high-frequency photo prints on the "Best" quality setting put you at risk of spending more money in the long term on cartridge refills than on the hardware itself.
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Breaking new curricular ground, Thayer School is training a new generation of technology leaders with the nation's first doctoral-level engineering Innovation Program. The program provides engineering Ph.D. candidates with entrepreneurial training for turning complex research discoveries into innovative applied technologies.
Students admitted to the program augment their doctoral studies with entrepreneurial-centered courses such as finance, accounting, patent law, marketing, and organizational behavior. Thayer School has developed two entirely new Innovation Program courses taught by former dean Charles Hutchinson, who co-founded the multi-million-dollar therapeutic protein company GlycoFi, and by John Collier, the Myron Tribus Professor in Innovation. The first of these courses is ENGG 300: New Venture Creation, a comprehensive overview of the commercialization of emerging technologies. The second, ENGG 321: Introduction to Innovation, is a doctoral-level version of ENGS 21, Thayer's signature undergraduate course in creating new products. In addition, Innovation Program students will complete a three- to six-month internship at a start-up or other entrepreneurial enterprise.
The first Innovation Program students are pursuing a variety of research and entrepreneurial ventures. Ashifi Gogo is co-founder of the Ghana-based start-up mPedigree, a company that authenticates medicines in developing nations where drug counterfeiting is widespread. Dax Kepshire founded SustainX, a company that is developing compressed air energy storage technology for enhancing the value of renewables such as wind and solar. Preston Manwaring anticipates that his future start-up will focus on traumatic brain injury assessment in hospital triage and intensive care, work that is related to his doctoral research. And Andrew Giustini, an M.D./Ph.D. candidate, plans to develop new medical technologies. "The only way to develop new therapeutics that will actually be used clinically is to work closely with industry and understand the business world," he says.
These four select students are at the start of a deliberate trajectory. "Our intention is to keep the program small and focused," says Dean Joseph J. Helble. "Admission is not automatic. Students admitted to the Ph.D. program prepare additional materials demonstrating their creativity and interest in innovation and entrepreneurship. Applicants then pass through an additional screening and review process. We expect to admit four to six Ph.D. students per year to the Innovation Program, building to a total enrollment of 20-25."
The program itself, says Helble, builds on Thayer's "long history of innovation at the faculty level. We anticipate that the Innovation Program will increase the amount of patent activity from Ph.D. students at Thayer and the number of companies started by our Ph.D. graduates. We also expect to train a new generation of professors who are interested in putting their work to use by starting companies and developing products that benefit society. This program will help cement Thayer's reputation as a school focused on innovation."
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Nevada bear hunt back from hibernation
Nevada's controversial bear hunt began its third season Sunday, and will continue into its fourth if the Nevada Department of Wildlife has its way.
The state's bear population, which consists of anywhere between 400 and 700 bears, is more than enough to allow a limited hunt, spokesman Chris Healy said. For this reason, he said the department will likely recommend continuing the program when the Nevada Wildlife Commission reviews it in a few months.
"We've been told by the legislation and wildlife commission that after three years, we would look at the number and discuss what are we doing right, what are we doing wrong, where does the population stand," he said.
In 2010, the Nevada Department of Wildlife estimated there were about 350 to 450 bears in the state, Healy said. But the department anticipates that number has grown significantly over the last three years.
The bear hunt is "tremendously beneficial" to the department because it helps track data, such as the animal's population, Healy said.
But Kathryn Bricker, executive director of NoBearHuntNV, disagrees.
"We've had various internationally recognized ecologists and biologists review the data and they all said that hunting is not a necessary management tool," Bricker said. "They hunt because they want to hunt, not because they want to manage the population."
Healy, however, said hunting is a well-recognized tool of wildlife management.
"If we are going to stack up experts," he said, "our experts will win that debate."
Starting in 2011, bears in Nevada could be hunted in limited number. Fourteen were killed in 2011 and 11 were killed in 2012. No bears have been killed in 2013 so far, but the limit is 20.
Since its inception, the hunt has attracted criticism from several organizations defending the bears, which are primarily killed in an area southeast of Minden and Gardnerville.
No hunting is allowed on the Nevada side of the Tahoe Basin, following a decision in 2011 to appease critics.
But Bricker said it's not enough.
"We're all very glad that they made that exclusion," she said. "However we feel the same about the bears in the Pine Nut (Mountains) and Sweet Water (Range)."
Bricker is concerned that the state's bear population is much lower than the Department of Wildlife estimates, she said.
However, Healy said hunters aren't the bears' biggest threat.
"The most dangerous thing to a bear is not a hunter," he said, "it's a car."
Cars have killed 158 bears in Nevada since 1997, according to data from the Nevada Department of Wildlife. About 80 were killed for public safety during the same period.
"Harvesting 25 bears in two years is by no means going to put the population in any kind of danger," Healy said of the last two Nevada bear hunts.
The decision to either continue or discontinue a bear hunt in Nevada ultimately lies with the state's wildlife commission. The Nevada Dept. of Wildlife will make a recommendation to the commission later this year or early next year, Healy said, but calling off a bear hunt at this point would take a "biological disaster."
This year's hunt will end Dec. 31.
In California, about 35,000 bears roam The Golden State, said Jason Holley, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Of those, about 1,700 are killed from hunting each year.
California also allows bear hunting in many areas of the Tahoe Basin.


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Perhaps mayfly hatches are the most iconic and captivating images of spring creek fishing. Do you want to fish with dun and emerger dry-flies? Yes, you can and will enjoy. However what is the more effective fly/method to catch more numbers and even bigger trout during the hatch? It's the nymphs that are ascending the water column to hatch.


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