Mohammed Ajaj, a member of the al-Fatah terrorist group, had been detained at JFK airport on September 1, 1992, after he was found with bomb manuals, a doctored passport and other terrorist-related material. In December 1992, “Federal Judge Reena Raggi defied the efforts of federal prosecutors and ordered Ajaj’s bomb manuals returned to him. One of Ajaj’s books was marked with an Arabic word that the Feds mistakenly translated ‘the basic rule.’ In fact, the phrase was ‘al Qaeda’–‘the base.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 32