[5] Richard Bernstein, Douglas Frantz, Don Van Natta, Jr., and David Johnston, “The Hijackers’ Long Road to Infamy,” New York Times, 11 September 2002.

[6] The 9/11 Commission Report, 451 n. 1). “No physical, documentary, or analytical evidence provides a convincing explanation of why Atta and Omari drove to Portland, Maine, from Boston on the morning of September 10, only to return to Logan on Flight 5930 on the morning of September 11” (, 451 n. 1).

[7] Portland Press Herald, October 5, 2001, which said: “After checking in at the motel, Atta and Alomari were seen several times between 8 PM and 9:30 PM. Between 8 and 9 PM, they were seen at Pizza Hut; at 8:31 PM, they were videotaped by a KeyBank automatic teller machine, and videotaped again at 8:41 PM at a Fast Green ATM next to Pizzeria Uno. … At 9:15 PM, the two stopped at Jetport Gas on Western Avenue, where they asked for directions.” See “ The Night Before Terror – The FBI describes hijacking suspects’ overnight stay in Greater Portland. , October 5, 2001, which said: “After checking in at the motel, Atta and Alomari were seen several times between 8 PM and 9:30 PM. Between 8 and 9 PM, they were seen at Pizza Hut; at 8:31 PM, they were videotaped by a KeyBank automatic teller machine, and videotaped again at 8:41 PM at a Fast Green ATM next to Pizzeria Uno. … At 9:15 PM, the two stopped at Jetport Gas on Western Avenue, where they asked for directions.”

[13] Report: “Atta and Omari arrived in Boston at 6:45 [A.M.] … Between 6:45 and 7:40, Atta and Omari … checked in and boarded American Airlines Flight 11 … scheduled to depart at 7:45 [AM]” ( Evidently, the 9/11 Commission had originally planned to explain that Atta’s bags were not loaded because he had just barely caught the plane. According to the 9/11 Commission Staff Statement No. 16 (dated 2004): “The Portland detour almost prevented Atta and Omari from making Flight 11 out of Boston. In fact, the luggage they checked in Portland failed to make it onto the plane.” But the 9/11 Commission, having evidently realized later that this claim could not be credibly made, wrote in its final: “Atta and Omari arrived in Boston at 6:45 [A.M.] … Between 6:45 and 7:40, Atta and Omari … checked in and boarded American Airlines Flight 11 … scheduled to depart at 7:45 [AM]” ( The 9/11 Commission Report , 1-2). The 9/11 Commission ended up offering no explanation as to why the luggage was not loaded, simply letting the mystery stand.

[15] See “Two Brothers among Hijackers, ” CNN, 13 September 2001, which said: “Investigators have leads on four hijackers. … Two of the men were brothers … Adnan Bukhari and Ameer Abbas Bukhari. … The two rented a car, a silver-blue Nissan Altima, from an Alamo car rental at Boston’s Logan Airport and drove to an airport in Portland, Maine, where they got on US Airways Flight 5930 at 6 AM Tuesday headed back to Boston, the sources said. … Portland Police Chief Mike Chitwood said, ‘I can tell you those two individuals did get on a plane and fly to Boston early yesterday morning.’ ” (This story later disappeared from the CNN website.)

[16] CNN, September 13, 2001. The previously quoted CNN story – “Two Brothers among Hijackers” – said: “A Mitsubishi sedan impounded at Logan Airport was rented by Atta, sources said. The car contained materials, including flight manuals, written in Arabic that law enforcement sources called ‘helpful’ to the investigation.” Another story, “Hijack Suspect Detained, Cooperating with FBI, ” said: “Federal law enforcement in the United States was led to the Hamburg connection by way of information linked to a car seized at Logan Airport. It was a Mitsubishi. It was rented by Mohammed Atta, who lived in an apartment in Hamburg. … Inside was a flight manual in Arabic language material that law enforcement investigators say was very helpful,”, September 13, 2001.

[17] CNN, September 13, 2001. See “Feds Think They’ve Identified Some Hijackers, ” which said: “We would like to correct a report that appeared on CNN. Based on information from multiple law enforcement sources, CNN reported that Adnan Bukhari and Ameer Bukhari of Vero Beach Florida, were suspected to be two of the pilots who crashed planes into the World Trade Center. CNN later learned that Adnan Bukhari is still in Florida, where he was questioned by the FBI. We are sorry for the misinformation. … Ameer Bukhari died in a small plane crash last year,”, September 13, 2001.

[18] CNN, 14 September 2001. “According to law enforcement sources … [a] Mitsubishi sedan [Atta] rented was found at Boston’s Logan Airport. Arabic language materials were found in the car. … [Adnan] Bukhari and Ameer Bukhari … had been tied to a car found at an airport in Portland, Maine,” Mike Fish, “Fla. Flight Schools May Have Trained Hijackers, , 14 September 2001.