PLANNING A HIJACK? RIGHT THIS WAY...: Nine of the 19 September 11 hijackers were singled out for security concerns that day, according to a report in the Washington Post last weekend. Six of the men were pulled aside because a computerized screening system prompted checking their baggage for weapons or explosives. Two were singled out because
of problems with their identification papers ... apparently, they
weren't really big problems. Security personnel pulled aside the ninth man because he was listed as traveling with one of the men who had "questionable identification." According to the report, it is not known whether or not the men were interrogated. If they were, clearly the interrogations were no more effective than the screening methods -- the crimes were undeterred.
of problems with their identification papers ... apparently, they
weren't really big problems. Security personnel pulled aside the ninth man because he was listed as traveling with one of the men who had "questionable identification." According to the report, it is not known whether or not the men were interrogated. If they were, clearly the interrogations were no more effective than the screening methods -- the crimes were undeterred.