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November 12, 2001: New York Times Editorialist Calls Alleged Atta Meeting in Prague an ‘Undisputed Fact’

2001-11-12

In a New York Times editorial, conservative columnist William Safire calls the alleged meeting between Mohamed Atta and an Iraqi diplomat in Prague an “undisputed fact.” He does not offer any significant new evidence to support this assertion, however. [New York Times, 11/12/2001]