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To: American Spirit who wrote (22579)	5/14/2004 3:35:29 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Ashcroft: Berg, Terrorists Not Linked chicagotribune.com By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Writer May 14, 2004, 2:07 PM CDT WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft acknowledged Friday that U.S. authorities investigated Nicholas Berg for a possible connection to terrorists but determined there was no link. Berg, a 26-year-old American civilian who was beheaded in Iraq, was investigated by the FBI in 2002 after an e-mail address traced to him was used by an unidentified person believed acquainted with Zacarias Moussaoui, an al-Qaida adherent now in federal custody and awaiting trial on conspiracy charges stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks. "The suggestion that Mr. Berg was in some way involved in terrorist activity, or may have been linked in some way to terrorist activity, is a suggestion that we do not have any ability to support and we do not believe is a valid one," Ashcroft said. Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press

To: American Spirit who wrote (22579)	5/14/2004 3:45:20 PM
From: Mark_H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

You need to get off the computer for a while and actually check the news before you post. There was no "password" involved. By The Associated Press Nicholas Berg, the American businessman who was beheaded in Iraq, had been questioned by the FBI more than a year ago about a contact he had with a terrorism suspect in 1999, while he was a student at the University of Oklahoma for a semester, his family said. A senior law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the terror suspect appears to have been acquainted with Zacarias Moussaoui, an al-Qaida adherent now in federal custody and awaiting trial on conspiracy charges stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks. Moussaoui attended a flight school in Norman in early 2001. The official said an e-mail address traced to Berg had been used by the unidentified individual with purported terror connections, but a 2002 investigation showed Berg had never met the individual and had not given the e-mail address to that person. Michael Berg told reporters Thursday that his son was cleared of any wrongdoing.