One day after the attacks on September 11 , 2001 , Gilani 's DEA handlers tasked him with collecting counter-intelligence on terrorists through his sources in the drug trade . However , a New York City bartender named Terry O'Donnell reported Gilani to an FBI task force after Gilani 's ex-girlfriend told him that Gilani had praised the 9/11 hijackers and " got off on watching the news over and over again " in the weeks following the attacks . Under questioning by two Defense Department agents , in the presence of his DEA handlers , Gilani denied the accusations and cited his work for the DEA as proof of his loyalty to the U.S. Gilani was cleared , and the DEA did not write a report on his interrogation
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David Headley