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U.S. Rejects Report of Search for Six Men
Reuters via iwon.com ^ | October 31, 2001 | Reuters

Posted on 10/31/2001 12:26:25 PM PST by CommiesOut

U.S. Rejects Report of Search for Six Men

October 31, 2001 12:09 pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Wednesday said they had nothing to corroborate a newspaper report that federal agents were searching for six men who had been carrying material about a nuclear power plant in Florida and an Alaskan pipeline.

Officials said they had no information about a search for the six men, whom The Miami Herald said had been detained in the Midwest but later released even though they were carrying photographs and information on a nuclear power plant in Florida and the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

"We have absolutely no information at this point in time to substantiate that story," said Russ Bergeron, spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

A federal law enforcement official denied claims in the story that FBI director Robert Mueller was "furious" at the release.

"There's nothing to that. He was completely unaware of it. So there's no way he could be furious," the official said.

A Justice Department official said "there's no credibility at all to that report."

According to the report, police stopped the six men traveling in two cars in an unidentified state over the weekend. In addition to the photographs, they were carrying box-cutters and other "suspicious equipment," it said.

The men who hijacked four planes on Sept 11, killing more than 4,800 people and triggering the U.S. war against terrorism, used box-cutters to overpower flight crews.

The suspects in the Midwest incident appeared to be from the Middle East and carried Israeli passports, according to the Herald story. The INS decided the passports were valid and they had entered the United States legally and it released the suspects without consulting the FBI, the newspaper said.

Florida has three nuclear power plants -- at Turkey Point, south of Miami, St. Lucie, and the Crystal River plant north of St. Petersburg.



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1 posted on 10/31/2001 12:26:25 PM PST by CommiesOut
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2 posted on 10/31/2001 12:26:51 PM PST by CommiesOut
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To: CommiesOut
they were carrying box-cutters

That should have been clue enough that this was a hoax.

3 posted on 10/31/2001 12:29:36 PM PST by jlogajan
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To: CommiesOut
Memo to Reuters: Now it is your turn to reveal the hoax of the hundreds of civilians being killed that you have so dutifully reported, Clymers.....
4 posted on 10/31/2001 12:34:17 PM PST by eureka!
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To: CommiesOut
Oh my. The media put out a false story? I'm shocked!
6 posted on 10/31/2001 12:40:43 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Stealthy
It wasn't the Attorney General (Ashcroft), they were refering to the FBI Director (Mueller).
8 posted on 10/31/2001 12:45:51 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: Stealthy
They're all available in the NOTAM that the FAA put out. Anyone reading knows where the plants are: NOTAM

CRYSTAL RIVER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT – 7 MILES NW OF …CRYSTAL RIVER, FL.

ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT – 12 MILES SE OF FORT PIERCE, FL.

TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT – 25 MILES S OF MIAMI, FL.

9 posted on 10/31/2001 12:52:03 PM PST by BearCub
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To: CommiesOut
Maybe there was a story, but it's a "move along folks, nothing here, please move along....." thing.
Maybe is was suppose to be secret. Oooooooo!
It could cause a citizen man hunt, you know, if it were front page news of every newspaper in the country..
10 posted on 10/31/2001 12:54:21 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: CommiesOut
The government said this was a lie. That's all we have to know.
12 posted on 10/31/2001 1:10:57 PM PST by GROUCHOTWO
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To: Alas Babylon!; Stealthy
In a press meeting today, Ashcroft said he would have been furious if the story had been true. He said the first he heard of the story was regarding his reaction.

He also clarified a story circulating about his terrible $2.00 haircut--he said it had cost him $7.00.

13 posted on 10/31/2001 1:11:18 PM PST by NautiNurse
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To: CommiesOut
Whether it was true or not, it is still an absolute outrage.
14 posted on 10/31/2001 1:12:58 PM PST by Vinomori
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To: GROUCHOTWO
It doesn't take a government pronouncement for one to realize this story was crap.
15 posted on 10/31/2001 1:16:13 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit
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To: CommiesOut
Another report out of Louisiana that there were Middle Eastern men down there with power plant maps.
16 posted on 10/31/2001 1:19:47 PM PST by umbra
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To: overseer5
Well, you could also argue that Mohammed Atta and his gang, several of who were here illegally, DID ram commerical airlines into our buildings. Now if only INS had done their job BEFORE 9/11....
18 posted on 10/31/2001 1:25:20 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!
Yes, if for some reason that plan hadn't worked, I'm sure the government would be denying it too.
19 posted on 10/31/2001 1:28:54 PM PST by FITZ
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To: Alas Babylon!
Now if only INS had done their job BEFORE 9/11....

You need to bump that up about two notches to Congress. You cant expect any agency to function correctly without manpower or funds.

20 posted on 10/31/2001 1:38:24 PM PST by Marine Inspector
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