Reply #5: The Al-Omari confusion

[Woody Box]

Hi John,

another great compilation, thanks! Don't bother about people who are happy with these lousy FBI investigations. They should stay with Fox and CNN and their soap news.

I would like to add this piece from the Boston Globe concerning the Abdul Rahman/Aziz Al-Omari confusion:

http://www.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/globe_stories/0915/Hijackers_may_have_taken_Saudi_identities+.shtml

Abdulrahman Alomari was on the passenger list of Flight 11, sitting in business class next to Mohamed Atta, 33, who some investigators now believe was the ringleader of the group of terrorists who boarded two Boston-to-Los Angeles flights. Public records show that Alomari had lived in Vero Beach, Fla., and attended a flight school there.

But in the Justice Department list of hijackers released yesterday, Alomari's first name is spelled Abdulaziz. Federal investigators said they could not explain the discrepancy between the American Airlines passenger list and their list.

Now we know: Abdul *Rahman* Al-Omari was on the AA passenger list. The guy from Vero Beach/Florida was also named *Rahman*. So how did the Justice Department come to Abdul *Aziz*?

It looks like someone had to be protected from prosecution.