Face to Face With a Terrorist: Gov't Worker Recalls Mohamed Atta Seeking Funds Before Sept. 11

ABCNEWS ^ | Friday, June 7, 2002 | By Brian Ross

[eno_]

So now it is firmly established that Mohammed Atta tried to get hold of a tool for distributing a chemical of biological WMD, it begs the question, what was the payload? He had to have something in mind, maybe even ready at hand.

Al Quaida is also firmly established to have used/planned to use chemical components in the WTC '93 attack. Anthrax is a very strong possibility. With the current emphsis on our Famous But Incompetent agency not being able to find their ass with both hands, a map, and a flashlight (uh, where did I leave that flashlight?) what the hell must they be thinking abouy this, if they are at all capable of thinking???!!!!

[backhoe]

Sonoffagun!

[Minutemen]

BUMP
A crop duster/ commuter plane?? Nothing unusual there! Are we Americans naive or what?
B.T.W... has anyone bothered to check ATTA'S old P.O. box or his mail? maybe his loan was approved. </sarcasm

[Marianne]

But that wasn't the only time she saw Atta. He returned again, slightly disguised with glasses. He claimed to be an accountant for Marwan Al-Shehhi, who was with him, and said he wanted $500,000 to buy land for a sugar-cane farm.
Ahmed Alghamdi and Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al Qadi Banihammad also came separately seeking loans, but were less successful in speaking with people.
Bryant turned him down for the loan because as a non-U.S. citizen he did not meet the basic eligibility requirements . . .
Am I the only one skeptical about this article? Johnelle Bryant had already told Atta he wasn't eligible because he was a non-citizen. Yet he comes back to seek another loan, after threatening her and talking about destroying cities during his first visit and she didn't think this strange! Next we'll hear that she has been promoted.

[d14truth]

weekend reference bump and hello to my FRiend in Georgia.

[Athwart]

He also remarked about the lack of security in the building, pointing specifically to a safe behind Bryant's desk. "He asked me what would prevent him from going behind my desk and cutting my throat and making off with the millions of dollars in that safe," said Bryant

"How could somebody be that evil, be that close to me, and I didn't recognize it?"

At first I thought this had to be satire. But no. Is this woman dumber than a box of rocks, or what?

[backhoe]

Howdy- from the Golden Isles!

[floriduh voter]

Ping and bttt. Here's the lady you were mentioning.

[j.havenfarm]

He may not have had "T" on his forehead, but she has "S" for "Stupid" on hers.

[j.havenfarm]

Now that we have successfully weathered June 11, I would note that I prefer consulting yogis rather than swamis. If a yogi's prediction is flat *ss wrong, he may still share his picnic basket with you.