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To: Jim Bishop who wrote (93480)	10/11/2001 9:25:49 PM
From: Taki	Respond to of 150070

HAD THEY TAKING MR. WOODS SERIOUSLY, MAYBE WOULD PREVENT SOME OF WHAT HAPPENED? Claim: Actor James Woods observed and reported four hijackers making a trial run on an airline flight before the September 11 terrorist attacks on America. Status: True. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001] James Woods apparantly was on the same flight from Logan to LA a week prior and reported seeing individuals in first class that were taking notes and doing a dry run. Origins: A great deal of "What it?" soul-searching and hand-wringing follows in the wake of any disaster. Should we have foreseen it coming? Would lives and property have been saved if we had taken preventive measures? Did we miss signs we should have noticed, or ignore signs we should have heeded? In the case of the September 11 hijackings, some signs were definitely noticed, if not heeded. News reports indicate that at least some of the 19 hijackers who took over four flights on September 11 made "dry runs" several weeks in advance, taking trips on cross-country flights headed for San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego from east coast departure points such as Boston's Logan Airport: ''I am surmising that they were practicing - sort of planning,'' a senior aviation official said. ''You just don't jump on a plane and do what they did. They had to be looking at the position of the crews, when the flight attendants started moving around, and how far from the targets they were.'' A tale which quickly spread after the hijackings was that actor James Woods had noticed four men "of Middle Eastern appearance" acting strangely on a flight he made from Boston to Los Angeles a week before the hijackings, but when he reported his suspicions, they were not taken seriously: Woods took a flight from Boston to Los Angeles one week before the World Trade Center attacks. The only other people in first class with him were four men "of Middle Eastern appearance" who acted very strangely. During the entire cross-country flight none of them had anything to eat or drink, nor did they read or sleep. They only sat upright in their seats, occasionally conversing with each other in low tones. Woods mentioned what he had noticed to a flight attendant, "who shrugged it off." Arriving in Los Angeles, Woods told airport authorities, but they "seemed unwilling to become involved.” That Woods noticed unusual behavior and reported it to authorities appears to be true, although some of the details vary. According to a different news account, his Boston to Los Angeles flight occurred back in August rather than one week before the World Trade Center attacks: One of the practice flights may have occurred in August. Actor James Woods was so shaken by a flight he took from Boston to Los Angeles about a month before the attacks that he told an attendant and authorities of his suspicions when he landed. Woods was in first-class and the only other passengers in the section were four men who appeared to be Middle Eastern in origin. During the entire six-hour flight, Woods noticed the men neither ate nor drank. They talked to each other in whispers and did not read or sleep. On Sept. 12, Woods called the FBI to tell investigators about his experience. He was interviewed by agents on Sept. 13. Woods's spokesman told Reuters the actor thought it ''prudent not to comment on this and let the FBI continue to do their job, which they seem to be doing superbly right now.'' Last updated: 11 October 2001

To: Jim Bishop who wrote (93480)	10/11/2001 9:33:08 PM
From: Taki	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 150070

FBI Warns Americans of Terror Threat WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI warned today it has received information there may be additional terrorist attacks inside the United States or abroad in the next several days. The bureau said its information does not identify specific targets, but it has asked local police to be on the highest alert and for all Americans to be wary of suspicious activity. Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said the department had received new intelligence within the past few days about a potential attack and decided to alert the public as well as law enforcement agencieS 13 Hijackers Entered U.S. Legally WASHINGTON (AP) - Thirteen of the hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks entered the United States legally, but no entry records exist for the other six, raising doubts about who they were as well as how they got in, the nation's immigration chief said today. ``Six of the individuals, we can find no record of them period. That's not just INS, that's everywhere,'' James Ziglar, head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said. Full Story