TUOHEY: And they are saying, well, what do you mean?
And I says, well, these guys had on -- they were very business looking. They had on ties and jackets. And I says, and if you look at these guys, they both have like open collar. They have like dress shirts with the open collar. I said, but that's them.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/02/pzn.01.html
And certainly we discussed other things on him which I've forgotten and lost 1000 mails.
But please note that the conversation described by Tuohey
http://web.archive.org/web/20050308004944/http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/050306terror.shtml
clearly proves that the FBI security gate time of 5:45 must be wrong (the check in started at 5:43 and certainly must have lasted longer than two minutes).
Why should the FBI lie about it?
But here comes the important part:
"Tuohey then checked their driver's licenses, both issued in Florida."
http://web.archive.org/web/20050308004944/http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/050306terror.shtml
TUOHEY: They had a tie and jacket on, all right? And as I'm looking at them, you know, they're holding their I.D.s up. And I'm looking at them. It is not nice, but I said, geez, if this doesn't look like two Arab terrorists, I have never seen two Arab terrorists.
GRIFFIN (on camera): That was your...
TUOHEY: Thought.
GRIFFIN: ... first reaction?
TUOHEY: That was my thought as I'm looking at them. I'm looking at their licenses and I'm looking at their -- and -- and that thought ran through my mind.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/02/pzn.01.html
Now, the problem is Alomari's ID is in the bag he is just about to check in.
See:
"In fact, the luggage they checked in Portland failed to make it onto the plane.
Seized after the September 11 crashes, Atta and Omari’s luggage turned out to contain a
number of telling items, including: correspondence from the university Atta attended in Egypt; Omari’s international driver’s license and passport; a video cassette for a Boeing 757 flight simulator; and this folding knife and pepper spray, presumably extra weapons the two conspirators decided they didn’t need. "
http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/staff_statement_16.pdf
So, how can he hold something in his hand that is supposed to be in the bag?
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