(September 16, 2009) Muhammad Atta, the alleged ringleader of the 9/11 hijackings, told witnesses the crypto-fascist evangelical group known as the Family donated at least $200,000 to the cause of flying jets into the Twin Towers.

The information surfaced during the abortive FBI investigation right after the events of 9/11 and were duly ignored by federal investigators, but not by the local press in the retirement community of Venice, Florida.

Investigative reporter Daniel Hopsicker has been investigating ties between 9/11 and the local Venice airstrip since the Twin Towers collapsed and has uncovered that the facility was used for decades by the CIA and other clandestine organizations to run drugs and arms, drop assets into the Caribbean—and to train at least 3 of the alleged 9/11 hijackers how to fly.

Hopsicker tracked down witnesses to an argument between Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi less than six weeks before September 11 over finances at the Pelican Alley Restaurant in Venice, Florida.