FBI ineptitude, continued. (Insider Report)."A worldwide alert for a Saudi man was issued by the FBI this week after agents examined a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). received three months ago that contained an image of his passport and photographs of some of the September 11 suicide hijackers," reported the August 22nd San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the . "The officials said they could not explain why the CD-ROM, which was turned over to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. by a foreign government in May, was not analyzed by the FBI until last week, except to say that the Bureau has been overwhelmed with evidence in its investigation of the September 11th attacks On September 11, 2001, in the deadliest case of domestic Terrorism in the history of the United States, a group of 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners for use as missiles against targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. ." Fifteen of the nineteen identified suicide hijackers were from Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. . The man depicted on the CD-ROM, 21-year-old Saudi A.S.
al-Rasheed (who surrendered himself in late August), was "with some
other individuals that were of interest to us -- the hijackers,"
explained senior FBI official Bruce Gebhardt. "And we're not
saying that he's connected to them.... But we obviously have to be
prudent and make sure that we notify everyone." Gebhardt's
efforts to minimize al-Rasheed's status notwithstanding, the
FBI's belated all-points-bulletin described him as
"potentially armed and dangerous."
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