Indian intelligence wiretap identified 9/11 hijackers

Press Trust of India
Posted online: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 at 1243 hours IST
Updated: Monday, September 02, 2002 at 1504 hours IST

Washington, April 3: Indian intelligence agencies helped the US to identify the hijackers who carried out the deadly September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, a media report said here on Wednesday.

The new probe began after US officials learned that intelligence agents in India had wiretapped the telephone of a Pakistani charity funded by the Saudi government and discovered the transfer of 100,000 dollars to Mohamed Atta, one of the 19 hijackers, the paper quoting US officials said.

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The information helped US officials identify all the 19 hijackers -- 15 of whom were Saudi nationals, the officials said.

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