pilots was informed of the details of the planned attack when they agreed to participate. Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, who were the first members chosen to participate in the operation, learned the planned method of attack in October or November 1999 when Bin Laden told them to travel to the U.S. and study to become pilots. The Hamburg cell, Atta, al-Shehhi, Jarrah, and Bin al-Shibh, learned the details of the method of attack and the planned targets when they were chosen to be pilots in late 1999 or early 2000. Similarly, Hani Hanjour was informed of all these details when he was chosen as a pilot.
52. Sheikh Mohammed stated that none of the chosen muscle hijackers was directly informed of the method of attack or the targets.
53. The final decisions to hit which target with which plane was entirely in the hands of the pilots. Atta informed Bin al-Shibh in July 2001 when they met in Spain of the intended targets, after which Bin al-Shibh informed Sheikh Mohammed. The final pilot selection of targets was made by Atta, Shehhi, Hanjour, Jarrah, and Hazmi.
54. Sheikh Mohammed said it was also through Binalshibh that Sheikh Mohammed learned that Atta had all selections and assignments finalized in late August 2001. The muscle hijackers were not informed of the targets or
