I would also be very interested to know just who was shorting airline stock right before 911...the few comments on that that I've seen have mentioned the Saudis.
Hmmm...now your post makes me wonder.
Interesting....
http://www.speednews.com/05rates.pdf
"... SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT sold its stakes in AMR (650,000 shares) and DELTA (400,000)
during 2Q03, plus 1m shares (10.5% of its holding) "
They were sold with put options from another search I'm reading now.