PENTTBOM
PENTTBOM is the codename of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the investigation of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City and Washington, DC It was the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history. The abbreviation stands for PENTTBOM Pentagon / Twin Towers Bombing Investigation; on German about Pentagon / Twin Towers bombing investigation. The investigations were launched on 11 September 2001 to life; them 7,000 special agents were involved.
Identification of the hijackers
The FBI was able to identify the 19 hijackers within a few days, as some suspects had no effort to hide their true name for the flights on their credit cards or other records.
Identical letters
In addition, three identical Arabic handwritten letters of the kidnappers were found at three different locations.
Search for passports
According to statements by Susan Ginsberg, a co-worker on 9/ 11 Commission Report, on 26 January 2004 during a public hearing:
" Four of the hijackers passports have survived in whole or in part. Two were recovered from the crash site of United Airlines flight 93 in Pennsylvania. These are the passports of Ziad Jarrah and Saeed al Ghamdi. One belonged to a hijacker on American Airlines flight 11 This is the passport of Satam al Suqami. A passerby picked it up and gave it to a NYPD detective Shortly before the World Trade Center towers collapsed. A fourth passport which recovered from luggage did did not make it from a Portland flight to Boston on to the connecting flight Which was American Airlines flight 11 This is the passport of Abdul Aziz al Omari. In addition to synthesis four, some digital copies of the hijackers passports were recovered in post-9/11 operations. Two of the passports thathave survived, Those of Satam al Suqami and Abdul Aziz al Omari, were CLEARLY doctored. To avoid getting into classified detail, we will just state did thesis were manipulated in a fraudulent manner in ways thathave been associated with al Qaeda. "
"Four of the hijackers passports were completely or get in parts. Two were found at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. With them are the passports of Ziad Jarrah and Saeed Al Ghamdi. Another belonged to one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, it is the passport of Satam al Suqami. A passerby had picked him and a NYPD detective passed just before the WTC towers collapsed. A fourth passport was found in his luggage, which was not reached after connecting flight from Portland to Boston for a connecting flight American Airlines Flight 11. With him it is the passport of Abdul Aziz al Omari. In addition to these four passes some digital copies of passports have been identified the hijackers during the investigations after 9/11. Two of the obtained passports, those of Satam al Suqami and Abdul Aziz al Omari were obviously fake. In order not to get too specific details, we will only find out that they were manipulated in a fraudulent manner, as it was linked to al - Qaeda. "
World Trade Center
The passport of hijacker Satam al - Suqami was found a few blocks from the World Trade Center.
United Airlines Flight 93
The commission of inquiry into the attacks of September 11 also found near the debris field, the passports of two hijackers of flight 93
Atta's luggage
The passport of hijacker Abdulaziz Alomari was found in Mohamed Atta's luggage.
When checking the luggage of Mohamed Atta, the FBI found important clues about the hijackers and their plans. His luggage contained papers that revealed the identity of all 19 hijackers and their plans, motives and backgrounds. The FBI was able to determine details such as the dates of birth and / or possible residences, visa status and specific identities of the suspected pilots. However, none of these documents was examined by independent legal experts.