it was clear even then that the al qaeda leader wanted to finance plots inside the u.s., and it appears none of this information was shared with the 9/11 commission, nor the relevant congressional committees. the human intelligence asset was run by this fbi agent. the connection to bin laden only came to light after he filed a discrimination suit against the bowero and his supervisor testified about the quality of his work and the assets he was running, quote, it was the only source i know in the bureau where we had a source in al qaeda directly involved. it s a very small group, but this person was already here. he was also connected to the blind sheik serving a life prison sentence for the hack in 1993. the information helped the fbi disrupt a terrorism plot against a los angeles messianic lodge in the 90s. neither lee hamilton who chaired the 9/11 commission, nor the executive director could remember be told about the fbi