Reply #23: Hijackers, etc. [View All]

The DNA identification specifically avoided the hijackers and made no attempt to identify them - they just figured that the leftover bodies must have been the hijackers. The names used for the hijackers were taken from the manifest (which has never been published). Obviously, some/all the hijackers were not who they appear as on the manifest - Salem al-Hazmi is still alive. Also, the original list of hijackers contains a name (Mansour Khaled) which was rapidly deleted and replaced by Hani Hanjour. MK never reappeared on the list of victims - he just disappeared from the manifest altogether.

The Commission didn't verify the identities, they just took the manifest names, even though 6 of them were obviously false.

Amazingly, the names of the people who tried to hijack United 23 that day (it was also flying from Boston to LA, but was recalled just before takeoff) have never been published (as far as I know). If they were using their real names, shouldn't the public be told what they are? Or shouldn't they be at least be arrested and sent to Gitmo for waterboarding?