[WarSlut]

Remember this... ?

Still concerned about the possibility trucks could be used for bombings, the FBI also has checked student records at a Colorado truck-driving school, classroom instructor Jack Atencio said. Agents visited the school in Henderson, just northeast of Denver, for a few hours last week, checking specific names, Atencio said. --
FoxNews.com (October 15, 2001)

A similar lack of press scrutiny has extended to specialty licenses too, such as the "hazardous material" (hazmat) permits the FBI now believes several dozen suspicious Middle Eastern immigrants sought through a Colorado truck-driving school. According to Time, the men paid cash, and did not use the school's job-placement services — an important aspect of the program's appeal. They also could speak no English, relying on a translator they brought along, yet somehow passed the state's hazmat written exam, which is given only in English. --
NationalReviewOnline.com (November 8, 2001)

[DAnconia55]

Does this event added to the attempt to purchase a cropduster plane in New England tell us anything about their intended plans?

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"They also could speak no English, relying on a translator they brought along, yet somehow passed the state's hazmat written exam, which is given only in English. --"

Reminds me of the state drivers license scandal in Illinois a few years back. Finally took down the governor there. Hundreds and hundreds of unqualified applicants were given commercial drivers licenses for a few hundred dollars under the table. Most were foriengners.

Came to our attention in Wisconsin when a truck lost a large mud flap bracket that a mini van drove over and set it ablaze. A family of six died in the inferno right in front of busy freeway traffic. Horrific.

Turns out the driver was from Mexico, illegal alien and had one of the bogus Illinois licenses. Other truckers had seen the loose bracket but the driver ignored their signals to get him to pull over.

About time in this country that the police and Highway Patrol concentrate on commercial trucks. Both for public safety and security. I am amazed at how many more cars are pulled over than are trucks......

[disclaimer]

...the FBI now believes several dozen suspicious Middle Eastern immigrants sought through a Colorado truck-driving school...

They blend right in except for the fact they don't know some of the basics like what fuel to us in a semi, and they look Middle Eastern.