In the days after the September 911 attacks, there were countless rumors about strange coincidences surrounding the events. One report about a group of Middle Eastern men spotted the morning of September 11th parked just across the river from New York City has not gone away.
Investigation of their presence has led to questions about whether Israel was conducting espionage on U.S. soil. We’re joined now by ABC’s John Miller with an exclusive report this evening. That’s right, Elizabeth.
ABC’s John Miller – Five Israelis in New Jersey
This is a case that took the FBI and the CIA more than two months to sort out while five Israelis waited in jail. It began when this woman was watching the Twin Towers burning from her apartment in New Jersey. She noticed three men on top of a van, posing for pictures with the towers burning in the background.
Witness of Israelis: I could see that they were, like, happy. You know, they didn’t look shocked to me. You know, they didn’t look shocked. I thought it was very strange.
ABC’s John Miller – Arrest of Five Israelis
The witness called police, who stopped the van hours later and arrested five men. All five, it turns out, were Israeli. They were turned over to the FBI. Sources tell ABC News during a check of national security databases, some of the men were listed as having had connections with Israeli intelligence. At the FBI, that set off alarm bells.
The FBI needed the answers to three important questions. Who were these men? What brought them to that parking lot on the morning of September 11th (911 Attacks)? And did they have any advantage?
The Dancing Israelis – FBI Docs Shed Light on Apparent Mossad Foreknowledge of 911 Attacks
NEW YORK — For nearly two decades, one of the most overlooked and little known arrests
made in the aftermath of the 911 attacks was that of the so-called “High Fivers,” or
the “Dancing Israelis.” However, new information released by the FBI on May 7 has brought
fresh scrutiny to the possibility that the “Dancing Israelis,” at least two of whom were known
Mossad operatives, had prior knowledge of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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