The same is true of the rest of his garbage. If he is in Germany, that doesn't mean that he REALLY is part of an al Qaeda network. Ask yourself...WOULD ATTA & CO. HAVE BOASTED, ON LINE, TO A CANADIAN AND AMERICANS, ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED ?
They were told to melt into the woodwork, keep a low profile, and disappear as well as they could, into the American populace.