[NoFoxholeAthiests]

Other article say that some of them have been picked up in Minneapolis, New Jersey and now Chicago. How is it that a bunch of Egyptian kids are SO well connected that they can travel all over the US and find so-called "friends and family". I hate to ask what kind of WORK they were setting out to find!?!?

[Disambiguator]

Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou El Ela

This guy should be the next Sec'y General at the UN.

[sportutegrl]

My personal feeling is that this is a red herring. I have often heard of people who visit the US for the first time who have no idea of the size of this country. I read of a woman who planned to see the Statue of Liberty in the morning and then the Niagra Falls in the afternoon, and then see the Grand Canyon, (by car), the next day. I wouldn't be suprised if they simply got off of the plane in New York and thought they could rent a car and drive to Montana and sightsee on the way. Then this guy got tired or realized how much driving was involved and tried to fly the rest of the way from Chicago on his New York to Montana ticket.

[ilgipper]

My company just lost a fantstic job candidate from Asia because he could not maintain his visitor status into next year, and we are allowing hoards for islamic terrorists into our country on student visas. Brilliant!

[Cobra64]

"After Montana State repeatedly tried to contact the missing students, it notified Department of Homeland Security officials and registered the Egyptians as no-shows in a system developed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to track foreign students."

Finally someone took a more pro-active approach in doing their job. The guy that called DHS should get a recognition award of some sort.... Maybe a letter from W.

[BadAndy]

"None of the students is considered a terrorism risk..."

There's your problem.

[hardworking]

Get in touch with Harvard or Yale - I'm sure they'll want to give these nice kids full-free-ride scholarships.

[goalinestan]

Honestly, it's too bad all terrorists aren't this stupid...how long did they think it would take for the people at Montana State to notice they hadn't arrived.

Good hunting!!!

[mewzilla]

None of the students is considered a terrorism risk, and FBI officials stressed there are no ties between the Egyptians and the alleged terror plot broken up by British authorities.

Let's see...They spent two grand on the class. Heaven knows what on airfare. Since they're on the DHS's excrement list, any kind of job they might've been able to get while on it wouldn't have paid too well... Oh, I buy the job explanation.

NOT.

[SwankyC]

Isnt Ohio between New York and Chicago......

(where they just caught those Mooselimbs with all those phones and 11K and airline stuff.)

[Covenantor]

"Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou El Ela... 'He was loud and causing people to be alarmed,'"

Maybe because Mohamed Mohamed was singing, Dirka, Dirka Mohamed Jihad and feared running into a Marine.