Sept. 11 Fake ID Suspect Flees U.S.

AP | 7/31/02

[danelectro]

He was tipped off. The FBI is apparently compromised.

if the fbi showed any signs of being competent, i'd say he was allowed to leave, so he could be tracked, and even bigger fish identified.

unfortunately, i have to agree with you.

[gg188]

They were busy doing body-cavity search and FBI background check on a blonde just out of massive mastectomy surgery, working over her chest with one of those wands. I am using only a bit of sarcasm here. Did you see the woman on O'Reilly last night?

[Reactionary]

And you'll notice that he got on a plane and left the country hours before they were set to raid his home. In other words, he was tipped off.

[sheik yerbouty]

No kidding.

[Aria]

Remember the FBI Muslim who wouldn't wear a wire because "Muslims don't tape other Muslims?" Last I knew he was still employed by the FBI at our expense.....

[jumpstartme]

After reading another article about a Maryland man who attempted to work with the FBI after he got al Queda's web site back up, and their bungling of that opportunity- I am not inclined to think much of our FBI's abilities. Other than spying on innocent civilians, that is.

[LikeLight]

My question is, did they check to see if he REALLY left the country? (visualize suspect crouching behind boxes in back room while employee tells FBI, "He . . . Um . . . He . . . left this morning on a plane to Egypt, yeah that's it . . . he's gone . . . out of the country")

Something about this article makes me think the FBI didn't plan to look very hard to verify the cover story.

[joyful1]

Dear dpa5923:

When Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty or give me death," he assumed a universal level of common sense. He didn't mean for us to let these terrorists blow us to Allahville simply because some don't like 20th century security technology.

This is time to protect ourselves and fight the terrorist within and without our boarders (militant islam). This is not a time to debate "my definition of freedom is more important than everyone else's lives."

[Betty Jo]

Well, it's only a year, give or take.

Maybe they are following him.

Perhaps he will lead them to Bin Laden.

[TheRightGuy]

There's no reason why the U.S. could not exert pressure on Egypt to send this bastard back.

No pressure required ... our Egyptian allies will promptly extradite him.
[/sarcasm]

[rintense]

Fire Ridge and Bush.

[mhking]

Any bets on who might have tipped him off................

Cynthia McKinney?

OK, OK, I know that was mean....[g]

[Sabertooth]

Fire Ridge and Bush.

I think that's a little hasty, but we should make an example of the twins.

[Don Joe]

"How the hell was he able to get on a plane?"

He disguised himself as an Arab.

Interesting timing, n'est ce pas?

[vannrox]

"...left on a flight to Egypt hours before authorities raided his home..."

This brings up an interesting point...

This does not sound like a coincidence, it sounds like some one was tipped off. If so, then that implies that a Mole or a spy was able to obtain advance notice of a raid. This then, implies one of two possibilities:

Either The taliban Terrorists are so advanced that they have a spy network in place in our FBI, CIA, and Police forces,

OR,

A Major Superpower who has the capability to have Moles and Spies has tipped off the Terrorist Organization.


Either Way, the implications are terrifying!.

[cynicom]

FBI would not know a terrorist if they stumbled over one with a bomb in his hand.

[conejo99]

We will eventually win this war on terror. The industrialized world cann't be destroyed by the Islamic world, but the Islamic world can. Winning may require the loss of some freedom, but give it up reluctantly because we'll never get it back.

[Howlin]

Perhaps Egypt helped this guy get out of the country by simply letting him walk on the airplane.

Think back: today's articles say that on Flight 93 the hijackers were heard saying "God is great."

Now, where have we heard THAT before?

[null and void]

Biometrics would make fake IDs far more difficult, if not impossible.

Really? How? Genuine biometric data taken from the owner of the fake ID can be put on the fake ID. Now he/she is "beyond question" because the ID card data matches the the biometrics.

Unless, of course, you are advocating a central databank that tracks every use of an ID card. And you believe no-one would be able to crack into a system that needs to be instantly accessible from anywhere 24/7/365. And you believe no-one working on the database could ever be compromised.

Does the name Kathrine Smith ring any bells???