| The interrogation of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has produced intelligence that appears to contradict previous U.S. government claims regarding a thwarted plot to bomb U.S. airliners over the Pacific Ocean. The new intelligence relates to Abdul Hakim Murad, who was convicted of conspiring with Ramzi Yousef to bomb U.S. airliners over the Pacific Ocean in the plot, known as "Operation Bojinka." A predecessor to the September 11 attacks, the Bojinka plot was constructed from November 1994 through January 1995, the exact period that convicted Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols took an unusual trip to Philippines. |