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"Elusive Sept. 11 Suspect Finally Caught Sleeping"

Newspaper article

By: Erik Eckholm and David Johnston

Date: March 5, 2003

Source: International Herald Tribune.

About the Author: Erik Eckholm has held a variety of reporting and editing positions at the New York Times, including five years as Beijing bureau chief. David Johnston is a New York Times investigative reporter and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2001.

INTRODUCTION

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (widely known by the acronym KSM) was described by the Commission investigating the 9/11 attacks as the "model of the terrorist entrepreneur" and the "principal architect" of the atrocities. A career...