Intel Agency 'Must Have Been Involved' in Suspected Terroris

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Intel Agency 'Must Have Been Involved' in Suspected Terroris

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NEWSWEEK: U.S. Embassy Cable: Insiders at Yemen's Top Intel Agency 'Must Have Been Involved' in Suspected Terrorists' Escape
Suspects Left to Themselves for Two Months, Knew Exactly Where to Dig; 'Lack of Obvious Security Measures' After Escape

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- As described by Yemeni and U.S. officials, 23 suspected al Qaeda terrorists, left to themselves in a locked basement beneath the Political Security Office (PSO), Yemen's main intelligence service, spent two months digging a 143-foot tunnel. For tools, they used a broomstick with a sharpened spoon lashed to the end as a spade, along with another jerry-built device: three pots tied together as a U-shaped scoop. The plotters also had a soccer ball that they kicked around indoors, apparently to make enough noise to drown out the digging. At about 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 3, the prisoners crawled through the tunnel, broke through the floor of a nearby mosque, somehow emerging in the women's bathroom -- the least frequented part of the mosque -- and disappeared into the darkness. And while the Bush administration has been generally happy with assistance from Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland, privately, U.S. officials say the plotters must have had serious -- possibly high-level -- help at the PSO, report Senior Editor Michael Hirsh, Investigative Correspondent Mark Hosenball and Chief Foreign Correspondent Rod Nordland in Newsweek's February 20 issue (on newsstands Monday, February 13).

Last Friday, a U.S. Embassy cable sent from Yemen's capital, Sana, described to Newsweek by a U.S. official, noted "the lack of obvious security measures on the streets" after the escape and concluded: "One thing is certain: PSO insiders must have been involved." Officials found it particularly suspicious that the escapees knew exactly where to dig. The cable also cited Yemeni sources who suggested alternative theories, including "that elements of the government liberated the prisoners to engage them in covert operations."

U.S. investigators say the PSO's rival agency, the National Security Board, is now leading the probe, detaining and questioning everyone who worked at the PSO. Ali Mutahar al-Qamish, head of the PSO, was said to be under suspicion.
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