In the opening scene it shows a book being handed off from person to person, the final recipient opens it to reveal a portable disk referred to an hdd. Whilst at first many may think it's a portable Zip disk, it's most likely a Jaz disk for the Iomega Jaz hdd solution.
The pilot episode takes place within events from July - August 1998 and the 2004 joint inquiry into 9/11.
The opening scene takes place in East Europe in 1998.
The German dubbing of the pilot received poor reactions following the release on March 9 because of the substandard quality. German distributor Amazon Prime withdrew the German dubbing track on March 15 and promised a new and better dubbing.
When Soufan leaves the restaurant where he was having his date, the owner tells him to be safe - to which Soufan replies "Inshallah" which in arabic means " If God wills it."