Abdussattar Shaikh
Abdussattar Shaikh | |
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Occupation(s) | San Diego, California-based FBI informant from 1994 to 2003 |
Abdussattar Shaikh (ar عبد الستار شيخ) was an
Role in 9/11
In 2000, two of the
"They were nice, but not what you call extroverted people" Shaikh told The San Diego Union-Tribune after the attacks. Still, he told reporters he bonded with Alhazmi, helping him open a bank account and place a personal ad on the World Wide Web. "He told me that he wanted to marry a Mexican girl," Shaikh told the Los Angeles Times. "The problem was that he didn't know any Spanish. So I taught him a few Spanish phrases."[6]
Shaikh was described as an educator at academies for teaching English to foreigners before he retired,
Citizens Review Board on Police Practices
Shaikh sat on San Diego's Citizens Review Board on Police Practices (CRBPP) during the time frame of his cooperation with the FBI. Ethical questions arose about his qualifications, as active police informants are precluded from employment on police oversight committees. Shaikh was later removed from the board.[8]
References
- ^ Sterngold, James (October 24, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE COMMON BOND; Sense of Trust Is Shaken in Man Who Took Suspects Into Home". The New York Times.
- ^ a b A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks, Chapter 5 (November 2004) (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General. June 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ Reno, Jamie (September 10, 2011). "REGION: Terrorist cell was embedded deeply in San Diego". North County Times.
- ^ Brandon, Karen (September 30, 2001). "San Diego neighbors found nothing suspicious about pair". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ A Pretext for War by James Bamford, page 231
- ^ a b Hijackers Found Welcome Mat on West Coast, Washington Post
- ^ Hopsicker, Daniel (April 11, 2005). "Terrorists, Arms Dealers, & Ghosts in Malawi". Mad Cow Morning News. Archived from the original on 2015-05-08.
- ^ Raftery, Miriam (October 2009). "ABDUSSATTAR SHAIKH, CO-FOUNDER OF SAN DIEGO'S ISLAMIC CENTER, HONORED FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE PROMOTING RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE". East County Magazine.