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04-911-18 on Mar 23, 2004

1. not watchlisting future hijackers Hazmi and Mihdhar, not trailing them after they traveled to Bangkok, and not informing the FBI about one future hijacker�s U.S. visa or his companion�s travel to the United States;
2. not sharing information linking individuals in the Cole attack to Mihdhar;
3. not taking adequate steps in time to find Mihdhar or Hazmi in the United States;
4. not linking the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui, described as interested in flight training for the purpose of using an airplane in a terrorist act, to the heightened indications of attack;
5. not discovering false statements on visa applications;
6. not recognizing passports manipulated in a fraudulent manner;
7. not expanding no-fly lists to include names from terrorist watchlists;
8. not searching airline passengers identified by the computer-based CAPPS screening system; and
9. not hardening aircraft cockpit doors or taking other measures to prepare for the possibility of suicide hijackings.

• Topic: Homeland Security
• Headline: Several missed opportunities to disrupt 9/11 hijackers
  
  
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