Atta was in Florida when he was supposed to be in Prague

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http://www.progressiveaustin.org/isikoff.htm

A Spy Story Tying Saddam to 9-11 is Looking Very Flimsy
by Michael Isikoff
NEWSWEEK

May 6, 2002

<snip>On closer scrutiny, however, the evidence became even less convincing. Although Atta had indeed flown from Prague to the United States in June 2000, the Czechs had placed the alleged meeting in April 2001. The FBI could find no visa or airline records showing he had left or re-entered the United States that month. The bureau does have records showing Atta was in Virginia Beach- where officials suspect he was casing U.S. naval facilities in the area - and Florida in April. "Neither we nor the Czechs nor anybody else has any information he was coming or going at that time," says a U.S. official.

But intelligence officials have been reluctant to set the record straight- both out of reluctance to embarrass an allied government and because so many anti-Saddam hawks in the Bush administration had embraced the story. To be sure, administration hardliners aren't ready to give up. Newsweek has learned that Pentagon analysts are still aggressively hunting for evidence that might tie Atta, or any of the other hijackers, to Saddam's agents. It may yet turn up, but for now, at least, the much touted "Prague connection" appears to be an intriguing, but embarrassing, mistake.

C 2002 Newsweek, Inc.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1961668.stm

Hijacker 'did not meet Iraqi agent'

American investigators have said an alleged meeting between one of the 11 September hijackers and an Iraqi spy did not take place - dismissing a key link between Saddam Hussein's regime and the attacks.

Last year, US and Czech officials said that the chief hijacker, Mohammed Atta, had met an Iraqi agent in Prague.

But now US investigators have said that there is not even evidence to show that Atta had been in Prague at the time of the alleged meeting.

The news comes as the FBI admits it has failed to unearth any paper trail leading to the 11 September attacks.

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1. Maybe they should try looking in a couple of different places...

like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

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2. Things are starting to add up

When the WSJ starts criticizing Bush, ANYTHING is possible.

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3. I can't believe these lying sacks of shit are trodding out this story...

What a fucking lame attempt to deflect the Niger document story.