Word: agente
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Still, there were federal officials more inclined to suspect a homegrown freelance terrorist than a sophisticated network that had already displayed a taste for mass mayhem. They are analyzing the letters carefully; some veteran agents are convinced they were written by an American. "It's starting to fit in more with the loner who has a Ph.D. in microbiology," says an investigator. "It doesn't look like someone who has been educated in the Middle East." The writing, adds another agent, "looks like what I learned with a nun beating my hand." But the hijackers had worked hard to blend...
...might blow it up. The INS recently detained a Pakistani business analyst, who was trying to fly from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to New York City but didn't have his papers with him. After the traveler's lawyer faxed a copy of his business visa, an INS agent let him board the plane with one final plea: "I hope you are not a terrorist. Don't embarrass...
...bureau had problems he needed to get at quickly. If the place has had its share of triumphs in recent years, especially the quick capture of Timothy McVeigh, it has also had to explain the bungled investigation of Wen Ho Lee and the embarrassment of Robert Hanssen, the agent who sold secrets to Moscow for 21 years. In May, McVeigh's execution was delayed when it emerged that case documents had not been handed over to his attorneys during trial. On the day of his swearing in, Mueller must have hoped for a few months to get up to speed...
...nomadic life has already taken a huge toll on the neighborhood families. "Look, we didn't lose any family members. We can manage with the other things," says Terry Lautin, 40, a mother of two kids. But while looking for a new apartment, Lautin, a real estate agent, has been in need of work, and her kids' schools have been relocated further uptown. The toughest moment was when the family had to say goodbye to two people who decided to leave New York, including Lautin's 78-year-old mother, who had lived with her. "She had a full life...
...Still, there were federal officials more inclined to suspect a homegrown freelance terrorist than a sophisticated network that had already displayed a taste for mass mayhem. They are analyzing the letters carefully; some veteran agents are convinced they were written by an American. "It's starting to fit in more with the loner who has a Ph.D. in microbiology," says an investigator. "It doesn't look like someone who has been educated in the Middle East." The writing, adds another agent, "looks like what I learned with a nun beating my hand." But the hijackers had worked hard to blend...