During a June 2002 meeting of various agency representatives tasked with tracing al Qaeda financing, FBI Agent Dennis Lormel reported on recent disclosures by the government of the United Arab Emirates. “What Lormel and his team learned was that [UAE financial kingpin Pacha] Wazir was responsible for handling a startling $67 million in assets for al Qaeda in just over two years.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Ron Suskind, The One Percent Doctrine, Page 145