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Investigation: U.S. showing evidence
October 1, 2001 Posted: 4:35 p.m. EDT (2035 GMT)
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SUMMARY:
The Bush administration has begun the process of providing to its allies evidence that links Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, senior administration officials said.
President Bush also said that the FBI had arrested or detained more than 400 people, and he said that another 150 "terrorists and their supporters" have been arrested or detained in 25 different countries.
Meanwhile, as much as $100,000 was wired in the past year from Pakistan to a suspected leader of the terrorist hijackings, law enforecment sources told CNN.
UPDATE:
The Bush administration has been "pretty much convinced" bin Laden was responsible for the past week, one official said.(Full story)
But sources said the State Department was ready to begin sharing only varying levels of declassified evidence. Officials said the evidence is contained in diplomatic cables to certain U.S. embassies. The first round of cables was expected to go out Monday to English-speaking countries, including Great Britain, Canada and Australia, the sources said.
Bush also declared that the United States is "slowly but surely" closing in on suspected terrorists, announcing that the U.S. has frozen $6 million in bank accounts linked to terrorist activity.(Full story)
"We've frozen 30 al Qaeda accounts in the United States and 20 overseas, and we're just beginning," Bush said, referencing the network led by suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, branded the "prime suspect" in the attacks.
Law enforcement sources said Pakistan is a common conduit for money going in and out of Afghanistan, home to Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, the primary suspect in the attacks. But investigators still do no know where the funds may have originated. (Full story)
Wire transfers from Pakistan were sent to Mohamed Atta, identified by U.S. investigators as the suspected leader of the attacks, through two banks in Florida, sources said. Then, Atta allegedly obtained money orders -- a few thousand dollars at a time -- to distribute to others involved in the plot in the months before the hijackings.
• Summary
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• Key questions
• Who's who
• Impact
KEY QUESTIONS:
How is law enforcement working globally to coordinate the investigation?
How will the expansion of law enforcement powers affect Americans' civil liberties? Click here for more.
How are people identified as terrorists communicating with each other? Click here for more.
How are law enforcement authorities using technology such as encryption tools to hunt terrorists? Click here for more.
What groups are U.S. investigators focusing on, and what are their aims? Click here for more.
How would law enforcement authorities go after financial assets of people identified as terrorists? Click here for more.
How did the September 11 attackers evade U.S. intelligence? Click here for more.
WHO'S WHO:
George W. Bush: U.S. president
Colin Powell: U.S. secretary of state Click here for more
Condoleezza Rice: National security adviser Click here for more
John Ashcroft: U.S. attorney general
Robert Mueller: FBI director Click here for more
George Tenet: CIA director. Click here for more
Osama bin Laden: U.S. authorities have named bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi exile living in Afghanistan, as the prime suspect in masterminding the September 11 attacks. Click here for more
IMPACT:
Information gained from the investigation could lead to fundamental changes in U.S. security and intelligence systems, as well as surveillance laws.
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