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I've been trying to keep mostly out of this, but this article from the New York Times today seems too pertinent not to be passed on. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/25/national/25INQU.html?todaysheadlines What it would seem to come down to (and I'm only reporting my understanding of the article, not endorsing it or its reliability) is that US intelligence knows the names (and presumably, from backtracking, some of the activities) of the nineteen men on the airliners, but nothing certain beyond this. (And if the Saudis are to be believed, the names of at least seven of the nineteen were "stolen".) This would seem to run counter to some of the certainties being aired. The article begins: U.S. Is Chasing German Leads on Terror Trail By LOWELL BERGMAN and DON VAN NATTA Jr. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 - Two weeks after the terrorist attacks in New York and on the Pentagon, investigators have not yet identified any knowing accomplices in the United States or uncovered a broad support network that assisted the 19 hijackers, a senior law enforcement official said today ... Robin Hamilton