U.S.
officials identify 19 terrorism suspects
By
Liz Doup and Mitch Lipka
Staff Writers
September
15, 2001
An excerpt
They
were our neighbors.
Twelve of the 19 men suspected of killing 5,000 innocents,
threatening our freedom and edging our country toward war
lived in our midst, seven in Delray Beach and five in
Hollywood.
The 12 were among those named as hijackers on Friday by the
U.S. Justice Department. Federal authorities also made their
first arrest in the worldwide investigation of Tuesday's
terrorist attacks.
Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said the person
arrested was a "material witness." The arrest was
made in New York, but the person arrested was not identified.
Unnamed federal investigators also indicate that Atlanta may
have been targeted by terrorists, according to The Associated
Press.
In the meantime, the search continues. A list of more than 100
people was distributed to thousands of local police
departments, the Federal Aviation Administration, border
patrols and FBI field offices, Attorney General John Ashcroft
said.
On the third day after the world's deadliest terrorist attack,
the loss grew ever larger -- roughly 5,000 dead, 4,400
injured.
But even as more pieces came together, the bigger picture
remained unclear: Why here? Who paid? Are they still in our
midst?
`Gumshoe work'
A former FBI agent said the investigation of the
terrorists is largely focused on trying to figure out who they
were and their associates.
"They're doing typical gumshoe work," said Susan
Corrado, director of the Intelligence Group, a New
Jersey-based consulting firm. That means knocking on doors,
talking to neighbors, scouring abandoned residences and
looking at every paper left behind.
"You never know where these leads will lead you," Corrado
said.
Contributing to this report were Staff Writers Kathy Bushouse,
Nancy Othon, Jamie Malernee, Jennifer Peltz, Karla Schuster,
Paula McMahon, Ardy Friedberg, Vicky Agnew, Sallie James, John
Holland, Shannon O'Boye, Ellis Berger, Fred Schulte and Kevin
Krause, staff researchers Barbara Hijek and Kathryn Pease,
WPTV-Ch. 5 in West Palm Beach and Sun-Sentinel wire services.
