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Between 5:00 and 5:30 on the morning of September 12th, FBI agents backed by a SWAT Team stormed Bukhari's leased house at ''4036 57th Terrace'' and arrested him - citing that identity cards of him and an Ameer Bukhari (mistakenly thought to be a brother) were found in A Rental Car The Hijackers Had Left in Portland, Maine ; though it later turned out that Ameer had died a year earlier, and had no relation to Adnan.

Agents evacuated nearby houses, citing concerns that Adnan's house may be rigged with explosives, and took Adnan to , Adnan was released and later cleared of any wrongdoing.

photograph of Bukhari's pilot license]]Adnan gave lessons to Saudi Arabian Airlines pilots at the FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach , where several of the hijackers had trained. As of 2001, Adnan held flight engineer, turbo-jet, mechanic, airframe, powerplant, instrument panel and single-engine landing certificates, as well as a First Class Medical Certificate issued in May of 2000.

On September 19th, an FAA employee named James P. Hopkins was fired for independently going through FAA records and reporting to the FBI that Bukhari had trained at the FAA's academy in Oklahoma City twice, in 1991 and 1998. The Office Of Special Counsel reviewed the case and awarded Hopkins his employment back, citing unfair termination. {Link without Title}


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