Video Shows 9/11 Hijackers' Security Check
By JOHN SOLOMON and TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON - Some of the hijackers who crashed a jetliner into the Pentagon (news - web sites) on Sept. 11, 2001, twice set off alarms as they passed through metal detectors that morning at Washington Dulles International Airport, but security screeners did not appear to question them about utility knives investigators believe they were carrying as part of the takeover plot, according to newly disclosed surveillance video.
The video represents the only footage known to exist showing any of the Sept. 11 hijackers boarding their final flights that fateful morning. It shows most of the hijackers in Washington were pulled aside to undergo additional scrutiny after alarms went off at metal detectors but then were permitted to board American Airlines Flight 77.
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Details in the grainy video are difficult to distinguish. But an earlier, preliminary report by the commission describing activities at Dulles is consistent with the men's procession through airport security as shown on the video.
No knives or other sharp objects are visible on the surveillance video. Investigators have said the hijackers at Dulles were believed to be carrying utility knives either personally or in their luggage, which at the time could legally be carried aboard planes if the blades were less than 4 inches long and were not considered "menacing." There is no indication on the video that security screeners questioned the hijackers about any knives.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040722/ap_on_re_us/attacks_surveillance_video&cid=519&ncid=716Why does this come out now? Is it real?
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