Bushcraftgregg wrote:
On Sep 11, 2:20 pm, dave wrote:
Gregg wrote:
The History Channel is the place to be
on this somber day. All day is going to
be great shows.
A couple dozen crazies bring empire to its knees with boxcutters and
maxxed-out credit cards. ****ing embarrassment. Bush should be
punished for getting caught napping.

Well Dave, lets not go that far, though I understand
what you're saying.

I feel it goes/went much deeper than freeking Bush.
I wonder if something happens during Obama's
admin. if the reactions will still be to blame Bush.

Sooner or later the blame game on Bush has to stop.

Why were these guys allowed to fly?

"Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari check in at the US Airways counter
at Portland International Jetport Airport. [Portland Press Herald,
10/5/2001; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10/14/2001] They are wearing
ties and jackets. Atta checks in two bags, Alomari none. Atta is
randomly selected for additional security scrutiny by the FAA’s Computer
Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS) (see (6:20 a.m.-7:48
a.m.) September 11, 2001). However, the only consequence is that his
checked bags will be held off the plane until it is confirmed that he
has boarded. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 1; 9/11 Commission,
8/26/2004, pp. 2 pdf file; CNN, 3/3/2006] Noting that their flight is
soon due to leave, the ticket agent who checks them in, Michael Tuohey,
says, “You’re cutting it close.” [Portland Press Herald, 3/6/2005]
Tuohey thinks the pair seems unusual. He notices they both have $2,500
first-class, one-way tickets. He later comments, “You don’t see many of
those.” Atta looks “like a walking corpse. He looked so angry.” In
contrast, Tuohey says, Alomari can barely speak English and has “a goofy
smile, I can’t believe he knew he was going to die that day.” Tuohey
will later recount,

“I thought they looked like two Arab terrorists but then I berated
myself for the stereotype and did nothing.”

[Philadelphia Daily News, 2/24/2005; Mirror, 9/11/2005; CNN, 3/3/2006]
Atta becomes angry when Tuohey informs him he will have to check in
again in Boston. He complains that he was assured he would have a
“one-step check-in.” [9/11 Commission, 8/26/2004, pp. 2 pdf file;
Associated Press, 3/7/2005] Tuohey will be recalled to work later in the
day to speak to an FBI agent about his encounter with Atta and Alomari.
He is shown video footage of them passing through the airport’s security
checkpoint upstairs (see (Between 5:45 a.m. and 5:53 a.m.) September 11,
2001). Although recognizing the two men, he notices that in the video
they are no longer wearing the jackets and ties they’d had on when
checking in just minutes before. He assumes they must have taken these
off and tucked them into their carry-on baggage. He is also informed
that the security camera behind his own desk, which should have captured
the two hijackers, has in fact been out of order for some time.
[Portland Press Herald, 3/6/2005; CNN, 3/3/2006]

Entity Tags: Michael Tuohey, Federal Aviation Administration, Computer
Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, Portland International Jetport
Airport, Abdulaziz Alomari, Mohamed Atta

Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline

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