FBI Identifies Team of 50 Attackers

September 12, 2001 10:00 PM

FBI Identifies Team of 50 Attackers "Authorities searching nationwide for terrorists behind the deadly airliner attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center have identified a team of as many as 50 infiltrators who supported or carried out the strikes, a source familiar with the investigation said Wednesday. The source said about 40 of the men have been accounted for, including those killed in the suicide attacks, but that 10 remain at large. In the hours immediately after the assaults, he said, agents searching cars and apartments up and down the East Coast found suicide notes in New York that some of the hijackers wrote for their parents."
posted by owillis (5 comments total)

I apologize for posting twice today, but according to Dan Rather this was an exclusive to the LATimes and has details we haven't seen.
posted by owillis at 10:06 PM on September 12, 2001

I find the recent rash of "exclusives" to be pretty off-putting. Why not share information among the networks, does CNN really have an edge because they have "exclusive" video of the first plane's crash? Does the LA Times gain any credibility because they're breaking this first?

How about forgetting the ratings and being places where you can obtain information?
posted by mathowie at 10:18 PM on September 12, 2001

I agree Matt. Are they going to have ads saying "we had the first look at the carnage!", sheesh.
posted by owillis at 10:20 PM on September 12, 2001

MSNBC: hijacker had ramp pass for Boston airport, allowing him to "case" the airport in his car
posted by owillis at 11:04 PM on September 12, 2001

Where and when did the wives and kids of these two brothers trained as pilots in Florida go? Disappearing families are a sign that should have been noticed and might indicate when the operation was ready to move.
posted by slowlightning at 11:29 PM on September 12, 2001