CBS Evening News - 2002-08-31 (no intro)
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[0:01] aviation school in South Carolina in the
[0:04] mid90s, though he didn't complete the
[0:06] course. One source tells CBS News he was
[0:09] studying for certification on commercial
[0:12] aircraft when he was found with a loaded
[0:14] pistol in his carry-on baggage Thursday
[0:16] about to board a flight from Sweden to
[0:18] Stanstead airport near London. Police
[0:21] held him for attempted hijacking. His
[0:24] courtappointed lawyer denies Chhatty
[0:26] planned to hijack the plane and claims
[0:28] there's a reasonable explanation for the
[0:30] pistol, but he wouldn't say what that
[0:32] is. Reports that the incident was part
[0:35] of a plan to crash the plane into a US
[0:37] embassy in Europe are being denied by
[0:40] some Swedish officials and US
[0:42] intelligence sources. But one analyst
[0:45] points out the denials could be a tactic
[0:47] to keep suspects off guard. US embassies
[0:50] in Western Europe are obviously very
[0:52] high-profile uh targets. So therefore,
[0:54] it would be normal, one could almost say
[0:57] normal for terrorists to attempt to
[0:59] attack these embassies.
[1:01] >> The protective perimeter around the US
[1:03] embassy here was widened and
[1:05] surveillance beefed up last September.
[1:07] Officials never comment on specific
[1:10] security measures, but the British
[1:12] government today called the incident in
[1:13] Sweden a timely reminder of a continuing
[1:16] need for vigilance. Swedish officials
[1:19] also deny they're looking for three or
[1:21] four accompllices who may have been
[1:23] traveling with Chatty and then got away
[1:25] when police let passengers from the Ryan
[1:27] Air plane go after questioning. The
[1:30] [snorts] uncertainty adds to what one
[1:32] security expert