We told you so.
Yet, freepers keep posting, refering to false statements and leaked speculation as if it is true. I have no doubt that in the minds of many freepers, the three students are still terrorists.
I believe Mrs. Stone. The bomb-sniffing dogs are right 95% of the time. So the toll booth worker was worried on that day. She's human. Students stupidly "planning" an attack, a nation in mourning, on high alert, the nutty Cleveland license plate confusion, the woman at the toll booth warned to be on the alert, the bomb dogs' confirmation of possible explosives....yeah, who wouldn't make sure that these guys weren't terrorists? They were held one day. They were damn lucky relatives of the WTC victims didn't stop them. Meanwhile, in Muslim nations, a neighbor can accuse another neighbor...and on his word, without the right of an attorney or jury...can be jailed, or killed.
I personally heard the students claim that they said nothing like what Eunice claimed, that she was "obviously flat-out lying." I personally heard the students subsequently say that they did say something similar to what Eunice claimed and that she only misunderstood, that when they said, "Do you think we have enough to bring it down" and "if we don't have enough to bring it down, I have contacts and we'll get enough to bring it down" referred to bringing a car down.
There was a direct quote from the sheriff that said that two of the three refused to answer any questions and that the third one only answered questions with more questions.
I personally heard them say that they answered every question fully and truthfully. When confronted with the sheriff's statement by Linda Vester, they were stumped. They couldn't find words to say anything. Then their attorney piped in, saying that they have the constitutional right to not agree to having their car searched. A classic tactic of a liar -- change the subject without addressing the fact that you got caught in a lie.
I personally heard them claim that Eunice was lying because they claimed that she said that they were speaking in Arabic. I'll bet you can find no record of Eunice making any such claim. She consistently has said that they spoke only in English.
Those are all lies based on direct quotes from the sheriff, Eunice, and the students. Eunice's story has been consistent from the very beginning.
You can defend these people by pointing to irrelevant items that the media got wrong or that the toll booth operator was too nervous to remember correctly, but not one of those things reflects on whether or not Eunice heard what she heard.
Are they terrorists? Who knows. The police have repeatedly stated that they are still under investigation. If they are terrorists, then Eunice prevented an attack on 9/13.
At best, what they are is punks who decided to scare Eunice by saying things that would make it sound like they were plotting a terrorist attack. They didn't count on her having the courage to do anything about it.