Editing Saeed al-Ghamdi (section)

==In the United States==

On 12 June 2001, Saeed al-Ghamdi applied for and received a second two-year US [[B-1/B-2 Visa|B-1/B-2 (tourist/business) visa]] in [[Jeddah, Saudi Arabia]]. His application was submitted by a local travel agency and processed through Visa Express, a controversial US visa program in [[Saudi Arabia]] which was discontinued the following year.<ref name="visa">{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf |title=Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel |publisher=9/11 Commission |year=2004 |access-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923223220/http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf |archive-date=2004-09-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Arriving in the U.S. on 27 June 2001, with [[Fayez Banihammad]], Saeed shared an apartment with Ahmed al-Nami in [[Delray Beach, Florida]]. Oddly, he listed the Naval Air Station in [[Pensacola, Florida]], as his permanent address on his driver's license. He was one of 9 hijackers to open a [[SunTrust]] bank account with a cash deposit around June 2001.

According to [[Al Jazeera Arabic|al-Jazeera]] reporter [[Yosri Fouda]]'s documentary ''Top Secret: The Road to September 11'', three weeks prior to the attacks, Saeed is believed to have used the name 'Abdul Rahman' to send a message to [[Ramzi bin al-Shibh]] (who was posing as a girlfriend) online, in which he wrote

{{quote|The first semester commences in three weeks. Two high schools and two universities. ... This summer will surely be hot ...19 certificates for private education and four exams. Regards to the professor. Goodbye.{{#tag:ref|This was said to be a reference to two military/governmental targets and two civilian, nineteen hijackers, four planes.|group=N}}|Saeed al-Ghamdi, August 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/09/12/alqaeda.911.claim/index.html |date=September 12, 2002 |title=Al-Jazeera offers accounts of 9/11 planning |work=Cable News Network |publisher=Time Warner |access-date=February 20, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220124318/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/09/12/alqaeda.911.claim/index.html |archive-date=February 20, 2006 }}</ref>}}

On 7 September, all four Flight 93 hijackers flew from [[Fort Lauderdale]] to [[Newark International Airport]] aboard [[Spirit Airlines]].