Many 9/11 Attackers Received Florida IDs Under Jeb
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The 9/11 attackers used Florida as a base of operations and were able to while they trained there while Jeb Bush was governor.
While Jeb Bush has called [Donald] Trump’s criticism “pathetic,” the immigration policies of Bush’s gubernatorial administration were under the microscope in 2001 when law enforcement officials acknowledged that Florida had issued driver’s licenses or state identification cards to 12 of the hijackers, all of whom had come to the United States on visas. The St. Petersburg Times reported that at the time of the attack there was a warrant in Florida to apprehend one of the lead hijackers, Mohammed Atta, but “the warrant for Atta’s arrest was ignored.” A national conservative organization pushing tougher immigration laws soon criticized Bush for his unwillingness to support what the group said was legislation necessary to stop terrorism.
Bush’s campaign did not respond to International Business Times’ questions about the Florida licenses issued to the hijackers while he was governor.
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In the political arena, the 9/11 attacks have typically been cited by Republicans to promote their party and — at times — to accuse Democrats of being insufficiently committed to national security…
In the days after the 2001 attacks, news broke that most of the 9/11 hijackers carried driver’s licenses or identification cards issued by Florida’s department of motor vehicles — an agency controlled by Bush and the other statewide elected officials who comprise the Florida Cabinet. Some of the licenses and ID cards were issued by the state while Bush was governor. Some of the hijackers trained for the attacks at Flight Safety International in Vero Beach, Florida. Local newspapers said the Florida licenses played a pivotal role in helping the hijackers conduct business in the United States.
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