While on a flight from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles, Woods was alone in first class with four other men, all of Middle Eastern descent. Woods noticed that during the six-hour flight, the men did not eat, drink, read or sleep. All four men spent the entire trip sitting upright, only occasionally deviating from position to speak in hushed tones to each other.Woods mentioned his concerns to a flight attendant, who put him in touch with the first officer of the plane. Nothing more came of that discussion. Once he landed in LA, Woods brought up what he had observed onboard to airport authorities. He was again turned away without immediate investigation.
Obviously Woods' observations alone weren't enough to set off alarms, but post-attack revelations prove he was on to something. Records later revealed that cars used by the hijackers were parked in Logan Airport on September 6, 9 and 10. Woods called the FBI on September 12 to recount what he had experienced. He spoke again with authorities on September 13, though details of his conversations with the FBI have remained private.
In a 2007 interview with Fox News, Woods claims to have gotten confirmation from sources other than the FBI that he was indeed on the same flight as members of the hijacking crew that acted on 9/11.
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The crazy thing about this story, one of the victims on 9/11 at the WTC was named James Woods. I went to Nanuet Senior High School with him. He was a few years older than me. Very nice guy. Crazy (ironic) connection.
June 13 2012 at 10:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOferchrisakes, this is old news, like from October 2001.
June 13 2012 at 9:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo the guys did not eat or drink and talked in their native language..So what would the authorities questioned them about?? "hey buddy your charged with not drinking water on a flight"....Its soooo easy to be a Monday morning QB
June 13 2012 at 8:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe gooberment don't listen to it's sheeple.
June 13 2012 at 6:58 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyFirst they have to take all of your rights away.
Then they'll tell the sheep wants best for them.
Old story. How many times are we going to hear about this?
June 13 2012 at 4:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI remember Woods telling this story on one of the late night talks shows soon after 9/11.
June 13 2012 at 3:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat's even scarier is a couple of other actors and other random citizens around the country had VERY similar stories, and many of them had contacted the FBI (again, prior to 9/11).
After Clinton had gutted military AND intelligence, all of Cheney's and Bush Sr.'s friends were OUT of business. While I don't believe in conspiracy, I do believe Dubya's administration was well aware that SOMEthing was in the works and planned for that day. (Proof, aside from the many, many things we've all read about [like the memos stating "Planes to be used as missiles] incllude that there 248 arrests of KNOWN sleeper cell members within 2 months after 9/11. No intelligence agency can gather that much information that fast. This means we were ALREADY listening to chatter, following cells. All these groups needed was the OK from the White House to DO something about it.)
Had this been a minor attack, like the one on The World Trade in 1993, or even the attack on the Cole (in Yemen), only a few people would've gotten hurt, and it would've been a PERFECT excuse to broaden military and intelligence.
Instead, we got 9/11...and an even better excuse. And a couple of unnecessary wars against people Dubya's administration pretended were involved in 9/11.
And this of course is what put the USA onto the wrong track, where all of our money and debt have gone, and where our attention has been as we've stopped creating new industries and the rest of the world has moved ahead of us.
And yet people are angry at Obama (he's FAR from perfect...but most things he's blamed for started in the Dubya era).
Very remarkable information. Hats off to Mr. Woods on altering the flight staff regarding his observations. I applaud him!
June 13 2012 at 2:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywww.khwikball.com .............. James Woods very intelligent and great actor. Follow your instincts. When good overall prevails go for it. Life is short enough and not moving forward shouldn't be an option. Too many today are merely accepting what they're being fed. It's not American or smart? Have a great day all.
June 13 2012 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMORONS... FBI. Now we have Homeland Security. Government only got stronger and larger. Your 4th Amendment Right all but erased, they're working on the 5th. James Woods has one of the highest IQ's of any entertainer/actor. Jody Foster and Matt Damon don't come up short either. Typical of the FBI, investigate after the fact.
June 13 2012 at 1:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was on a flight post 9/11. 4 Islamic men sat across from me. 3 were in direct contact with Allah, praying like no tomorrow, the 4th, watching every move anyone made. I tipped off the flight attendant, and she just waved it off as coincidence. Coincidence my azz.
Amazing what one can board an airliner with, and I do. I'm innocuous, old, slow and seemingly aloof. Go ahead... start something, I've got a few treats for you. 'THEY' do too.
MissMaryA.Isom,
June 13 2012 at 1:32 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThe fact the the famous actor of Apollo 13, Mississippi Burning, and Against All Odds,
informed the authorities on before the incident of 911 happened., is indeed a precogniziant portion of intelligence gathering even if on second-thought.