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Just a guess, but it may have been an attempt to get "insurance". OTOH, putting agents into the target pre attack carries a great risk of arrest and exposure of the plot.

Just "lose these guys in the system" long enough to let the Philippinos talk to them for a few days and we will get all the answers.

It's equally possible that Hammad's pass was only peripherally related to the 9/11 attack. Since it was for the bottom 6 floors, he may have been there to steal something. I remember there was a large vault there. Perhaps he was casing the place to see if the attack would create an adequate diversion for some theft.

Smith's murder just has more of an organized crime quality about it to me. Somebody felt comfortable enough to stage the "warning" on a fairly busy highway. Somebody felt reasonably protected.

I haven't forgotten all the shorts on the airlines. People knew about the attack. The link between crime and terrorism is well established. So why couldn't Hammand be moving in both worlds?