Man with ties to Sept. 11 plotters pleads innocence

Friday, September 20, 2002

RETHWISCH, Germany -- A Syrian-born German businessman questioned last week by federal police said Thursday that he and his family knew suspected members of the Sept. 11 terror cell in Hamburg, but knew nothing about any terror plots.

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