Abdussattar Shaikh (ar عبد الستار شيخ) was an asset of the FBI’s San Diego Field Office from May 14, 1994, to July 2003.
[3] In 2000, two of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks, Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar, rented a room in Shaikh's home in Lemon Grove, California.
Still, he told reporters he bonded with Alhazmi, helping him open a bank account and place a personal ad on the World Wide Web.
"[6]Shaikh was described as an educator at academies for teaching English to foreigners before he retired,[6] and Vice President for International Projects at American Commonwealth University (ACU).
[7] Shaikh sat on San Diego's Citizens Review Board on Police Practices (CRBPP) during the time frame of his cooperation with the FBI.