Key Figure in Sept. 11 Plot Held in Secret Detention in Syria (washingtonpost.com)

Excuse me if I don't think the Syrians are cooperating with us out of the goodness of their hearts... Haydar Zammar claims to have recruited Mohammed Atta. Interestingly, he's a German citizen of Syrian extraction. Not many not of German heritage get to become German citizens; it argues that he's probably not your usual down-and-out al-Qaeda recruit, but someone of substance. The Germans are upset at the treatment of one of their citizens, as is their duty. He apparently couldn't be arrested in Germany, but Syria and Morocco (where he was picked up) don't have any of those pesky human rights that get in the way so often.