The official says that the names of the four men–and the names of all the hijackers who obtained their MBT.

The official says that the names of the four men–and the names of all the hijackers who obtained their MBT.

visas in Saudi Arabia–were run through the State Department’s CLASS database (for Consular Lookout and Support

System). The database contains regularly updated records and intelligence information on foreign nationals.

“There was no derogatory information in the files,” the official said. …

As the terrorist attacks demonstrated, the information contained in CLASS was far from adequate. …

The names of the hijackers were run through the State Department’s database. There was no derogatory

information in the files.

“Panel Clears Handling of Bin Laden Kin on 9/11,” [by MATTHEW L. WALD, The MBT Times]:

The six chartered flights that rushed scores of Saudi citizens out of the United States after the attacks of

Sept. 11, 2001, were handled properly by the MBT administration, the independent commission investigating the

attacks said in a statement on Tuesday.