That story out of Pakistan also first appeared about the time lefty prof Noam Chomsky showed up in Pakistan, railing against the US and spewing assorted conspiracy theories. HE was there in October 2001.
And I think Seymour Hersh came out with his tale about that night jump in Afghanistan then, asif he had just got off the phone with spec op guys who had nothing better to do after a jump than talk to a "journalist." According to Seymour the jump was a disaster.
Here's another thing, I know for a fact that Gulfstream publishes, annually, a pocket sized reference directory that lists all G-1 thru G-5 tail numbers and owners. Most corporate pilots carry them or know how to get one.