ONLY THE TIP OF THE BERG?:

9/11 SUSPECT GOT BERG'S E-MAIL PASSWORD (DAN MANGAN and BRIAN BLOMQUIST, May 14, 2004, NY Post)

Nick Berg, the young American beheaded by terrorists in Iraq, had an earlier encounter with a Muslim fanatic - and inadvertently provided accused 9/11 al Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui with his e-mail password.

The bizarre twist was confirmed by the Justice Department and Berg's father. In what one Justice official described as a "coincidental" link, both the telecommunications whiz from West Chester, Pa., and the accused 9/11 conspirator were in Norman, Okla., in 2000.

Berg was a student at the University of Oklahoma and Moussaoui was newly settled and hoping to learn to fly jetliners.

The FBI questioned Berg in 2002 after discovering Moussaoui had used his e-mail account. The agency determined Berg had innocently given it to someone, who passed it along to Moussaoui, the official said.

No wonder he was approached by American officials while in custody in Iraq.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 14, 2004 7:22 PM