...actor James Woods flew on an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles one month prior to 9/11. Alarmed by the behavior of a group of four Middle Eastern men, Woods summoned the pilot and told him that he was "concerned the men were going to hijack the plane." A report was filed with the FAA on Woods' behalf but, tragically, no one followed up with Woods or the men. A few days after 9/11, several federal agents showed up in Woods' kitchen. Woods can't talk about what was said -- he believes his testimony will be used in the trial of the supposed 20th hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui-- but, in an interview with Bill O'Reilly, Woods revealed that his flight "was a rehearsal [for 9/11] with four men."]
Standing in my kitchen, one of the agents said, "What I can tell you is this: Mohammed Atta was one of the passengers on that flight with James Woods." (Apparently, this information has never been made public.)
Annie describes the end of the interview:
As they stood to leave, one of the agents shook my hand and said, "Thank you for writing those articles." The most senior agent asked if he could touch my very pregnant belly. Then he said, "As a fellow American I can say you did your duty."
Roger Ailes has more on Annie's new column. World O' Crap gives her take from Annie's August, 2004 update. And this from TBogg, just about says it all:
If I let my imagination run away with me and start to believe that Jennifer Anniston wants to play naked wheelbarrow with me....well, who's to say it isn't true?
One more addendum: Clinton Taylor, a lawyer, Ph.D student and co-director of the Stanford University radio station did a little digging and learned the Syrian men were part of a band backing up a Syrian singer named Nour Mehana and they indeed did perform at Sycuan Casino & Resort, near San Diego on July 1, 2004. The singer and band were booked by James Cullen of Anthem Artists, who books all sorts of acts at the casino, including Carrot Top. Describing the music that Nour Mehana plays, he says, "Well, Mehana comes across not as an angry jihadi, but rather more like the Syrian Wayne Newton."
And if Jacobsen was wondering why one man in a dark suit and sunglasses sat in first class while everyone else flew coach, well, it seems pretty clear that this was the Big Mehana himself.
