Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.

Perle later stated that the two men indeed crossed each other one morning as claimed by Tenet but only later in the same week and not on September 12. Tenet testified before a public hearing of the Sept. pilots including checklists verifying target information and coordinates.

S. presidents of opposing political parties.