George,

Maybe some of your subscribers could tell me why every airline employee or security personnel at every airport did not have the pictures we now have of the dead hijackers? Clearly, there was a reason somebody had to have, to maintain files and photographs of these individuals?

What would have been cost to have had thousands of these printed and circulated? It had their names listed and I understand these individuals used their correct names! Four or five of these characters showing up for each of four flights? Wouldn't that arouse some suspicion?

I was in New York City this past Saturday, I parked in New Jersey and took the ferry from Weehawken, New Jersey to Manhatten. I was saddened by the posters everywhere with the photographs of the missing plus information as to identifying scars and marks on them, clothes they were wearing, where they worked in the World Trade Center, company, etc ......... I learned on Sunday that my niece's brother in law was missing and presumed dead. He was a 34 year old firefighter, specifically trained to deal with the investigation of and techniques involved in terrorist activities.He had entered one of the towers just prior to its collapse. His memorial service is this Thursday in Milford, Pennsylvania.

My thoughts were, I wished all these young men identified as the hi-jackers and on "watch lists" for known terrorist activities, had had their photographs plastered all over these walls and fences rather than the victims.

I can't understand why more wasn't done to circulate these pictures and why ALL current "watch list" individuals aren't pictured. I don't entirely comprehend the usefulness of seeing the photographs of the individuals we know are dead ..... The US Justice Department says that some fifty individuals were involved in just this incident, alone, involving the hijacking of four commercial airliners and the subsequent suicide attacks on the Pentagon, World Trade Center and the possible aborted mission to a possible attack on the Sears Tower in Chicago.

If there were fifty terrorists involved and their photographs are available, why not circulate the other 31 or whatever is available to as wide an audience as possible NOW, not after they plan and execute another suicide mission and we get to see them AFTER they are dead.

Am I missing something here?

Harry Tenney (electronic mail, October 1, 2001).