7/4/2001

“With the return of [future 9/11 hijacker Khalid] al-Midhar to the U.S. on July 4 [2001]–he obtained a visa in Saudi Arabia, whose staff was still unaware of his terrorist links–all 19 future hijackers had nestled in for the final countdown.”

 – John Miller, Michael Stone, and Chris Mitchell, The Cell, Pages 282-283