Interesting, obscure 9/11 article

[paulthompson]

I just stumbled across this:

http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/september03/featurec0903.shtml

I'm intrigued because A) it's the only publication I've ever seen to print a photo of hijacker associate Omar al-Bayoumi, and more importantly, B) it shows that people who should be interviewed by the FBI are not being interviewed. What gives? I see this over and over. Daniel Hopsicker for instance has come across all kinds of people in Florida who the FBI has either not interviewed, or told them to shut up.

Anyone here live in San Diego? I'd be curious if the print version of that article has more photos, because off-line copies usually have more photos than on-line ones.

[jonoboy]

1. the more I hear about 9/11 the less I seem to know

[gandalf]

4. Just don't read these crackpot conspiracy theories

and don't browse obscure forums like this one.
If you read only NY Times, things would be clearer, I suppose. And more agreeable. And more patriotic anyway.

[paulthompson]

2. Interesting contradiction

I just found this, from Newsweek:

"The FBI opened an intense investigation of al-Bayoumi’s time in the United States. Agents visited every place he was known to have gone, and compiled 4,000 pages of documents detailing his activities, according to internal FBI reports."

http://www.msnbc.com/news/944723.asp

Yet, the San Diego magazine article comes out a few months AFTER the Newsweek one, and still really obvious people connected with al-Bayoumi haven't been interviewed? What gives? When will the mainstream media actually do some reporting and not just take the gvmt's word on what they've done?

[paulthompson]

3. Another curious thing

The author, who also writes for Newsweek, must have very good sources. Look at this little snippet, in light of recent Paul O'Neill revelations:

"Some critics say the United States’ lack of aggressiveness in following the terrorists’ money trail back to Saudi Arabia has to do with American interests in that country and with the Bush administration’s longstanding relationship with the Saudi royal family. Others suggest the soft-glove treatment is because of our need for Saudi support in the war against Iraq, which some say was in the planning stages virtually as soon as President Bush was elected."

[Robb]

5. Curious

I remember reading in the Arab press outlets that SA was resistant to the idea of the US using Saudi soil to stage the attacks in Afghanistan.

[DulceDecorum]

6. Gone are the days

when we could trust a "brand name" news source.

MSNBC Analysts and Experts
http://www.msnbc.com/news/886356.asp

Check them out.
These guys are players.

[OudeVanDagen]

7. nearly everything

written about 9-11 makes for a good read ... especially "The Modulus Of Elasticity For World Trade Center Steel" ... but life's all about choices ... isn't it?

[RedSock]

8. no longer available

damn -- that article is no longer available!

...

glad you snagged it paul!

[paulthompson]

9. No longer available?

What the heck? You're right - I just checked the link. That article was just there yesterday!

(cue Twilight Zone music)

[RedSock]

10. rule of thumb

"If you see it, save it!"

(In fact, it looks like the entire website is down. I backtracked to the basic dot com address and -- nothing.)

[RedSock]

11. ARTICLE BACK ONLINE

thought i'd check back and viola -- it is back!