linked - Investigating the Terror

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ntuuationofFD-3O2of ABDUL BASIT MAHMOUD ABDUL KARIM 2/72/8/95,pag 10
UNIDENTIFIED CO-CONSPIPATOR:
During the course of the interview, BA2IT made
reference to an additional person involved in the WTC bombing
plot, and remarked hat "there is one guy, I'm surprised that you
have never found out about him". However, BASIT refused to
elaborate or to further identify this individual.
However, when describing the location in Brooklyn, New
York, where BASIT had stated the van had been taken prior to the
bombing, BASIT noted that this unidentified individual stayed at
that location with him.
BASIT also related that this same individual was
present in the RYDER van, containing the bomb, as the van was j
driven down into the WTC parking garage. BASIT indicated that
the van contained two people and that one person drove, while the
other person got in back and made the final preparations to the
Q explosive, just before entering the garage. He explained that
the explosives could not be fully set in place until the last
moment, as it was too dangerous to drive the van with the
explosives completely set in place.
- BASIT indicated that this other individual left the
U.S. on the evening of the bombing, via commercial aircraft;
-ever, BASIT notec. that he and this incvi' .1 did not ..epart
n the same flight.
THE WTC IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (lED):
BASIT was circumspect when questioned regarding the
exact makeup of the lED used in the WTC bombing. He stated that
he did not wish to elaborate on some areas of its construction,
and would not discuss its method of initiation at that time. He
noted that he thought that others might want to purchase
chemicals and use similar techniques in the future, and he feared
that government knowledge of these techniques might hamper those
efforts.
He did respond when asked how the device would have
appeared if someone had opened the rear door of the RYDEP "an and
looked inside. He noted that first, one would see empty
cardboard boxes stacked up, and that these were located there to