Corrections and clarifications
On Oct. 29, 1999, USA TODAY published a story titled "Saudi money aiding bin Laden." The article erroneously stated that Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi had been chairman of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia and had headed Capitol Trust Bank. Lawyers for Al Amoudi also believe the story may be read to suggest that Al Amoudi was among the prominent businessmen said in the article to have paid protection money to Osama bin Laden to "stave off attacks on their businesses." USA TODAY disagrees with that interpretation; in any event, no such implication was intended. Jack Kelley, a former reporter who was found recently to have fabricated several high-profile stories, wrote the Oct. 29, 1999, article.