The Chronicle learned the story of al-Zawahiri's U.S. fund raising from court records, interviews with knowledgeable sources and Arab-language news accounts of Egyptian court proceedings. Steven Emerson, an author and national security expert, provided research material.
Experts said the existence of the Santa Clara terrorist cell -- and its role in bringing al-Zawahiri here -- showed both the boldness of America's terrorist enemy and the nation's vulnerability to infiltration by terrorist groups.
"The very fact that someone like Zawahiri came to the U.S., that in itself should be quite stunning to many Americans," said Khalid Duran of Washington, D.C., a terrorism expert and author who has written about the Santa Clara cell. "He is the No. 2 man, bin Laden's right-hand man, and in a way even more. He is like his teacher, his mentor."
In addition to fund raising, al-Zawahiri was in the United States "to see whom he could recruit here, what could be done here -- preparing the establishment of a base," Duran said.
From your link Dog, thanks.
Onyx, I had never heard of it either! (Big suprize...LOL)
It's all Bush's fault...
I don't usually give the SF Comical much credit but if they could find all of this out in '95, why didn't Clinton read the paper???
Oh rite, he was "busy", with more "urgent matters"... under his desk or sumthin like that.