The comments by the German investigator in this piece are rather interesting, particularly towards the end of the story. The fact that everything is piecing together so well may not be coincidental. Why is that? Could it be what US authorities are keeping from the public, while other countries are revealing more information? Or is this information purposely placed?

Washington Post writer Howard Kurtz's deflective comment on the NY Times story make me think that he is missing the point: "More evidence on the planning of Sept. 11, and how dumb American flight schools were when foreign students showed up who weren't interested in learning to land:" What is going on here?

Sept. 11 Attack Planned in '99, Germans Learn