[goodnesswins]

"The vice president might have also mentioned that Ramzi Yousef, who masterminded the 1993 attack and whose laptop computer contained plans to crash U.S. airliners into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, entered the U.S. with an Iraqi passport. "

Someone please refresh my memory.....when did we find this out about the laptop computers of Yousef's?

[Dave S]

Someone please refresh my memory.....when did we find this out about the laptop computers of Yousef's?

About 1995.

[cookcounty]

Yousef's laptop:

Seized in 1995, it detailed the "bojinka" (Bosnian for "big bang") project, an elaborate plan to plant bombs for simultaneous detonation on up to 13 aircraft over the Pacific. That got everyone's attention. But there was also a sketchier scenario on the laptop about hijacking aircraft and flying them into "government buildings" in Washington.

Insight mag May 27th, I don't have a direct link for you, but this will get you there:

www.okcbombing.org/News%20Articles/Insightmag_052702.htm

[cookcounty]

...sorry, Insight mag May 27th, 2002.