[silverleaf]

The original “bojinka” plan had up to 20 airliners being seized at the same time, over the Pacific and elsewhere

KSM, the poor fellow whop was so cruelly waterboarded, was the mastermind of bojinka and also of 9-11

Thanks to the information so grudgingly provided to the CIA by the soggy KSM and other sources, the Bush administration in...? (don't remember the year but remember the airplanes being grounded in Dulles and London) foiled another wave of suicide hijackings of flights originating in London and DC

Cheney has alluded to this successful operation

However,before the boychild obama was installed, we used to have national security teams that did not leak classified information for narcissistic and political gain

[al_c]

the soggy KSM and other sources

You owe me a new keyboard and monitor.

Note to self: do not drink coffee while reading FR.

[Elendur]

The original “bojinka” plan had up to 20 airliners being seized at the same time, over the Pacific and elsewhere

KSM, the poor fellow whop was so cruelly waterboarded, was the mastermind of bojinka and also of 9-11
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great point!
...it seems to me, terrorist rarely “downscale” their plans.
i’d be surprised, if he went from 20 to 4...

[Elendur]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765390/posts?page=69#69
The FBI claims on this day that there were six hijacking teams on the morning of 9/11. [New York Times, 9/19/2001; Guardian, 10/13/2001] A different report claims investigators are privately saying eight. [Independent, 9/25/2001]

However, the reports below suggest there may have been as many as eight aborted flights, leading to a potential total of 12 hijackings: