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| Berg Met Massoui Friend on Bus in Oklahoma, Let Him Use Computer |
| 2004-05-14 |
| When Nicholas Berg took an Oklahoma bus to a remote college campus a few years ago, [he] allowed a man with terrorist connections to use his laptop computer, according to his father. .... Government sources told CNN that the encounter involved an acquaintance of Zacarias Moussaoui -- the only person publicly charged in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. According to Berg, his son was taking a course a few years ago at a remote campus of the University of Oklahoma near an airport. He described how on one particular day, his son met "some terrorist people -- who no one knew were terrorists at the time." At one point during the bus ride, Berg said, the man sitting next to his son asked if he could use Nick’s laptop computer. "It turned out this guy was a terrorist and that he, you know, used my son’s e-mail, amongst many other people’s e-mail who he did the same thing to," Berg said. Government sources said Berg gave the man his password, which was later used by Moussaoui, the sources said. The sources said the man who used Berg’s e-mail knew Moussaoui ... Berg said his son cooperated fully with an FBI investigation into the matter. "He was happy to cooperate, and that was never an issue," he said. He emphasized that the individual was not a friend of his son’s or even an acquaintance -- "just a guy sitting next to him on the bus. Whoever was next to my son was treated with great respect and friendship. Like I said, he knew no dangers from people. The FBI were satisfied with that." |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #8 Wait a minute! They're claiming Berg let the guy use his laptop on a bus? for email? So how did they get online? Where in rural Oklahoma is there wireless internet? This story is a crock! Berg has to have been lying. Why? |
| Posted by: Norman Rogers 2004-05-14 9:07:12 PM |
| #7 So, a naif with an affinity for muslims - or part of an AQ conspiracy - who became a more observant Jew for cover - and effectively fooled everybody, including the FBI, everyone he encountered in Iraq, etc. Then his pals turn on him - but why? did they think he had been turned? This is getting too Le Carreish even for me, and is confused by a father who apparently wouldnt accept that his son was a religious Jew and an Iraq hawk even if it were so. For myself, I'll assume Berg was what he claimed to be, until further evidence comes in. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-05-14 3:23:05 PM |
| #6 MK, absolutely right. All of these stories about Berg are so much BS. Who would let a stranger on a bus use their laptop? Also, who would be stupid enough to walk around Iraq alone during an insurrection-- where everyone and anyone would recognize you as being a foriegner. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-05-14 3:15:50 PM |
| #5 Am I the only one who would never let somebody 'just use' his laptop, much less some guy on a bus? Sounds to me like Nick Berg was one terribly naive individual. And he paid for it with his life. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-14 1:37:15 PM |
| #4 Jeez,... small world, ain't it? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-05-14 12:14:14 PM |
| #3 A wireless connection or was it all offline and then dump? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-05-14 12:02:26 PM |
| #2 ...What the heck is going on here? Am I the only one who would never let somebody 'just use' his laptop, much less some guy on a bus?... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-05-14 11:26:25 AM |
| #1 I wonder if there is more to the story or if indeed the coincidences are indeed just a bizarre twist of fate. |
| Posted by: B 2004-05-14 11:08:16 AM |