According to the article, the information was already public:
Excerpt:
As congressional investigators turned their attention to Sater, he regularly promoted the work he did as an FBI informant, arguing it displayed his patriotism.
He said in written remarks to lawmakers that he provided crucial intelligence information about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida before and after the 9/11 attacks. He gave BuzzFeed more details which the publication independently confirmed saying that he obtained five of the personal satellite telephone numbers for bin Laden before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
he regularly promoted the work he did as an FBI informant, arguing it displayed his patriotism.
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Sounds like a LIB ‘bragging’ about his wife and Scooter Libby goes to jail for ‘outing’ her when EVERYONE in the ‘circles’ of DC knew exactly who Valerie Plame was.