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Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan (Urdu: محمد نعيم نور خان, born 1979) [1] was an alleged Al-Qaeda operative and computer expert. Arrested in Pakistan on 13 July 2004, files found on his laptop contained details of a terrorist plot to attack U.S. financial buildings and locations in the UK, including Heathrow Airport.
Jul 15, 2005 · The Ghost of Muhammad Naeem Noor KhanJohn Aravosis at AmericaBlog brings up the awful possibility, based on an ABC report, that the Public Relations-hungry Bush administration may have interfered with a British and Pakistani investigation of an al-Qaeda plot to bomb London that ties into July 7.The question is whether Bush played politics with ...
Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan (Urdu: محمد نعيم نور خان, born 1979) [1] was an alleged Al-Qaeda operative and computer expert. Arrested in Pakistan on 13 July 2004, files found on his laptop contained details of a terrorist plot to attack U.S. financial buildings and locations in the UK, including Heathrow Airport .
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Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan (Urdu: محمد نعيم نور خان, born 1979) is an alleged Al-Qaeda operative and computer expert. Arrested in Pakistan on 13 July 2004, files found on his laptop contained details of a terrorist plot to attack U.S. financial buildings and locations in the UK, including Heathrow airport.
Khan's arrest was attributed to leads arising from the arrest of Musaad Aruchi a month earlier. Following his arrest, Khan agreed to cooperate with investigators, and continued to communicate with Al-Qaeda as part of a sting operation.
Following the publication of Khan's name, British authorities moved quickly to arrest 13 members of the British terrorist cell with which Khan had been communicating (the so-called Luton cell). Evidence gathering may not have yet been completed and other plotters may have escaped due to the need to make the arrests quickly.
On 14 July 2005, ABC News revealed that Mohammad Sidique Khan, one of the suspected perpetrators of the 7 July London bombings, had been in contact with members of the Luton cell that was broken up.
Khan is an alumnus of NED University and Adamjee Science College in Karachi.
Human Rights Watch lists Khan as one of detainees in CIA custody, though he was released on 20 August 2007, without charge.
On August 2, 2004, the New York Times published Khan's name, stating that "An account provided by a Pakistani intelligence official made clear that the crucial capture in recent weeks had been that of Mr. Khan."
Conversely, on August 8, 2004 on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice told Wolf Blitzer that Khan's name had been revealed "on background" (an expression with no fixed meaning in journalism, but which is often understood to mean that the information may not be published, or at least that the source may not be revealed); afterwards, however, when the transcript of the background briefing revealed that Khan had not in fact been identified by name, Rice's office retracted the statement. Sean McCormack, a National Security Council spokesman, stated "She was in the middle of making a point and [Blitzer] interrupted her, and she reflexively repeated 'on background,' but she was not confirming it and went on to complete her thought." Precisely who leaked Khan's name, and why, was controversial. Critics of the Bush administration accused them of damaging national security by the deliberate "outing" of an undercover operative for political reasons, i.e. in order to bolster claims of terrorist threats in August 2004 and win support in the upcoming election. This view was supported by anonymous Pakistani sources; according to Reuters,
Most analysts agreed that, regardless of who had leaked Khan's identity, the leak had been premature and had compromised the success of the intelligence operation. Following the publication of Khan's name, British authorities moved quickly to arrest 13 members of the British terrorist cell with which Khan had been communicating (the so-called Luton cell). By the evening of August 9, two of the suspects had been released from custody, and the interviews of two others had been called off. An additional five suspects were reported as having escaped the British raids.
Some of those who still maintained that the Bush administration had leaked Khan's name went on to link the incident to the leak of Valerie Plame's name as denoting a pattern of compromising intelligence operatives for political gain. Aside from individuals, blogs, and online petitions, these included other sources, such as The Village Voice, The Advocate Weekly Newspapers, Scoop, and The Democratic Policy Committee.
On 21 August 2007 BBC News reported that Khan had been released due to lack of evidence.
•CNN Late Edition Transcript - August 8, 2004
•Christian Science Monitor - Did US blow cover on Al Qaeda mole?
•BBC News - US denies bungling al-Qaeda case
•Slate - The First Casualty
•London bombers tied to Al Qaeda plot in Pakistan, retrieved July 14, 2005
CIA secret prisons and detainees
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Aug 6, 2004 · Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, the Pakistani computer engineer now being described as an Al Qaeda facilitator or operative, was, by the account he gave his interrogators, a...
Aug 6, 2004 · Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan was detained in the Pakistani city of Lahore on 12 July. Pakistani authorities give varying accounts of his alleged role, but certain officials say Mr Khan is a key...
