September 4, 2000: 9/11 Hijacker Obtains US Visa Possibly Using Passport with Fraudulent Travel Stamps

9/11 hijacker Saeed Alghamdi obtains a visa from the US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is likely that his visa is issued by the same consular official that issues at least 11 of the 15 visas issued to the hijackers in Jeddah (see Before September 3, 2000). However, Alghamdi will later get another visa using a different passport (see June 12, 2001). The 9/11 Commission will say that one or possibly both of his passports may have fraudulent features, presumably related to travel stamps, although it is not certain of this. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 525, 564; 9/11 Commission, 8/21/2004, pp. 24 ]