According to an August 9, 2005 article in the New York Times, “More than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks, a small, highly classified military intelligence unit identified Mohammed Atta and three other future hijackers as likely members of a cell of Al Qaeda operating in the United States, according to a former defense intelligence official and a Republican member of Congress.” This article references information on the investigation into what government agencies and personnel had relevant resources related to the attacks prior to 9/11, published in an article from the August 2005 issue of Government Security News, Did DoD lawyers blow the chance to nab Atta?.