Here is what the 9/11 Commission said about the effect of the wall between the criminal and intelligence investigations with respect to the investigation of Khalid al Mihdhar: Many witnesses have suggested that even if Mihdhar had been found. there was nothing the agents could have done except to follow him onto the planes. We believe this is Incorrect. Both Hazmi and Mihdhar have been held for immigration violations or as material witnesses in the Cole bombing case. Investigation or interrogation of these individuals. and their travel and financial activities. also may have yielded evidence of connections to other participants in the 9/11 plot. In any case. the opportunity did not arise.
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