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      by WPBF 
		Channel 25 [a Palm Beach Florida TV station] August 5, 2002 A self-proclaimed former conman who became an 
		informant for the FBI talked to Eyewitness News 25 Sunday about what 
		could have been done to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks. 
 Randy Glass, who lives in Palm Beach County after years of reportedly 
		ducking the law, turned his skills around for a 2 1/2-year investigation 
		into illegal arms dealings.
 
 Undercover, Glass said he dealt with high-ranking Egyptian official 
		Shirin Shawky and men who were later arrested for money laundering.
 
 "They definitely hate Americans," Glass said. "They want to destroy our 
		very way of life. They've said that to me and there is no question that 
		was their intention with these weapons."
 
 Glass said one meeting in 1999 with Shawky, arms broker Mohammed Malik 
		and Diaa Mohsen involved talk to the World Trade Center.
 
 "As we were leaving the restaurant, we're outside and (one of the 
		terrorists) looks up at the World Trade Center and points and says, 
		'Those towers are coming down,'" Glass said.
 
 When the towers actually did come down, Glass said he almost fell to his 
		knees.
 
 "The complaints were ordered sanitized by the highest levels of 
		government," Glass said.
 
 The complaints were sealed, but Glass pointed out that his sentencing 
		document June 15 listed threats against the World Trade Center and 
		Americans. The towers came down three months later.
 
 "Wouldn't you think that there should have been a wire tap on Diaa's 
		phone and Malik's phone?" Glass said.
 
 Glass also allowed Eyewitness News 25 to listen to dozens of undercover 
		audio tapes, which could not be rebroadcast. The tapes contained phone 
		calls to alleged terrorists who tried to broker arms deals.
 
 Copyright 2002 by TheWPBFchannel.com.
 
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