David McCloskey

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The Rest Is Classified · 192. 9/11: The War on Terror (Ep 6) · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

Because remember, he went back home because he'd had kid and he was feeling homesick. matched

But he returns on July fourth, two thousand and one. matched

There's no record that Hosmi had ever left. matched

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Really important date in the story, on August 22nd, 2001, just weeks before September 11th, the FBI finally knows that those two Al Qaeda-linked operatives, Khalid al-Madar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, are in the US. matched

Their names are added to the State Department's tip off watch list two days later. matched

This is 17 days before 9 11. matched

But the tip off watch list in two thousand and one is a border and visa watch list that is disconnected from airline matched

And it's also disconnected from the FAA's no fly list, which means that these guys can get on board domestic flights because they have. matched

US driver's licenses and their true names. matched

Well, I mean in any case matched

And the FBI realizes that these guys are in the country. matched

The last minute discovery isn't treated with any particular urgency inside the part of the FBI that has this information because this ensuing search for Khalad al Madar. matched

is treated as a low priority. matched

It's handed off to a single junior special agent. matched

It was his very first counterterrorism case. matched

So this isn't like a oh my gosh, high guys are here. matched

We've got to we've got to chase matched

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