Tuesday, 11. March 2003
Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 6:37:38 PM CET
How mobile phones and an £18m bribe trapped 9/11 mastermind
The electronic surveillance network Echelon played a key role in the capture of the alleged September 11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, it was reported yesterday - as did a $27m (£18m) payment to an "al-Qaida foot soldier", who may be planning to relocate to Britain.
The new details of the arrest were emerging as Pakistan's main intelligence agency held an unprecedented briefing on the capture for foreign journalists in Islamabad.
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