The 9/11 Commission looked at what information we did have prior to these events. and this is what the staff statement notes: During the summer of 2001. a CIA agent asked an FBI official [a CIA agent responsible for foreign intelligence talked with an FBI official responsible for the security and law enforcement international] to review all of the materials from a Al Qaeda meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia one more time. The FBI official began her work on July 24th prior to September 11. 2001. That day she found the cable reporting that Khalld Al Mihdhar had a visa to the United States. A week later she found the cable reporting that Mihdhars visa applicationwhat was later discovered to be his first applicationlisted New York as his destination ... The FBI official grasped the significance of this information. The FBI official and an FBI analyst working on the case promptly met with INS representatives at the FBI Headquarters.