NYT - Jamal Al-Fadl, a former payroll manger for Osama bin Laden, walked into a United States Embassy in Africa in 1996 and offered his services. His timing was fortuitous: American authorities were in the early stages of their own investigation into Mr. bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
Mr. Fadl pleaded guilty to conspiracy, entered the witness protection program and “became the first Al Qaeda cooperating witness,” Patrick J. Fitzgerald, a federal prosecutor who had led the investigation, has testified. Mr. Fadl provided a wealth of information, including details of Mr. bin Laden’s global banking network, how he used companies as fronts for terrorist activities and the identities of his operatives and associates.
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