Sherwangei , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- A passport bearing the name of Said Bahaji , a suspect linked to the September 11 , 2001 , attacks on New York and Washington , has been found in a town captured by the Pakistani military . The passport was found in South Waziristan , where the Pakistani military has been battling to wrest territory from the Taliban in Pakistan . It contained a Pakistani visa issued in August 2001 showing that the bearer entered Pakistan on September 4 , 2001 , and appeared unusually new for a document eight years old . CNN has not independently confirmed its authenticity . Bahaji is suspected of having fled Germany for Pakistan on September 3 , 2001 , after receiving a tip that the attacks were imminent . The photo in the passport resembles images of Bahaji posted on Interpol 's Web site . It shows a clean-cut man wearing a red sweater . Bahaji , 34 , is alleged to have been a member of the Hamburg , Germany-based cell that provided money to the hijackers who carried out the September 11 attacks , which killed about 3,000 people . He is wanted in Germany and Spain on terrorism charges , according to Interpol . A U.S. counterterrorism official said only that Bahaji is a senior propagandist for al Qaeda who had ties to some of the September 11 hijackers and is very much of interest to the United States . He lived with one of the leaders of the hijackers , Mohammed Atta , in Germany before the attacks , according to the September 11 report . He is a German citizen of Moroccan descent . CNN 's Reza Sayah saw the passport and another one from Spain along with other documents during a trip to South Waziristan for journalists run by the Pakistani military . It was the first time the army had taken journalists to the region since the offensive against the Taliban began on October 17th , he said . The army showed journalists a pile of documents that they said they had seized . Among the papers was the German passport in Bahaji 's name , which included his signature and a photo of him in a red shirt . Pakistani military spokesman Gen. Athar Abbas was not aware of the passport until reporters asked him about it . CNN 's Samson Desta in Islamabad , Pakistan , contributed to this report .
Document shows that bearer entered Pakistan on September 4 , 2001 . Said Bahaji is reported to be member of German cell that gave money to 9/11 hijackers . Report said he lived with hijacker Mohammed Atta in Germany . Title: Why do we have a " right to privacy "?