[Bella]

Our purpose was to document the event."

This statement says it all as to WHY they were there as in the last paragraph of the transcript. Document the event, they KNEW.

[LarryLied]

I doubt they had specific knowledge. But all the intelligence agencies seem to have known something big was about to occur. Whatever the case, the Israeli reaction to 9/11 was cold hearted from the time of the attack. It was all about them. How it would affect them. What they could get out of it. We can see it today, they are still trying to push us around. They have people in their own government complaining about what Sharon is doing and all we hear it how everything is America's fault, Bush won't let Israel defend herself, Powell is a wimp and on and on and on.

[Phil V.]

. . . the FBI concluded that two of the men were Israeli intelligence operatives.

Everybody KNOWS that the FBI is incompetent . . . no news here.

The men were taking video or photos of themselves with the World Trade Center burning in the background . . .

Perfectly natural. I'm a deer hunter. When a big buck is killed pictures are taken. No news here.

[SerpentDove]

>> This statement says it all as to WHY they were there as in the last paragraph of the transcript. Document the event, they KNEW.<<

Oh, really? What about all the OTHER people who documented the event via camcorder, camera etc. ? I guess they all KNEW, too?