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HARD ANSWERS.
WITH THE LOSS OF MALAYSIA
AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 STILL A
MYSTERY, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW
TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO WAS ON
IT WHEN IT DISAPPEARED.
ATTENTION IS FOCUSING ON TWO MEN
TRAVELING ON STOLEN PASSPORTS
FROM ITALY AND AUSTRIA.
TODAY MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES
DESCRIBED THEM AS NON-ASIAN IN
APPEARANCE.
CNN HAS LEARNED THAT BOTH
TICKETS WERE PURCHASED AS SEEN
HERE ON THIS RECEIPT BY AN
IRANIAN MIDDLEMAN NAMED KAZEM
ALI.
HE BOUGHT THEM LAST MINUTE WITH
CASH AND ASKED FOR ONLY ONE-WAY
TICKETS, ALL POTENTIAL RED
FLAGS.
>> DOES THAT ADD TO THE CONCERNS
ABOUT TERROR OR TAKE AWAY?
>> IT ADDS TO MY CONCERN BECAUSE
A TERRORIST GROUP WOULD GO FOR
THAT.
THEY PIGGYBACK ON DRUG
SMUGGLERS, IMMIGRATION SMUGGLERS
AS WELL.
SO ABSOLUTELY, THEY COULD GO TO
THIS GUY.
HE MAY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
JUST GIVEN A SUM OF MONEY AND
SAID GET THESE PEOPLE ON THE
AIRPLANE AND GET THEM PASSPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE PASSPORTS THE
MYSTERY MEN USE HAVE BEEN
REPORTED STOLEN TO INTERPOL IN
2012 AND 2013, BUT IT APPEARS
THE AIRLINE NEVER CHECKED THE
PASSPORTS AGAINST INTERPOL'S
DATABASE.
MULTIPLE U.S. INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS TELL CNN NOTHING SO
FAR INDICATES THIS WAS AN ACT OF
TERRORISM.
SOME TERROR ANALYSTS HOWEVER SEE
ECHOES OF PAST TERROR PLOTS IN
ASIA.
>> PEOPLE FORGET SOMETHING
CALLED THE BOJENKA PLOT.
IT WAS TO TAKE OUT JET LINERS
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, AND THEY
DID A TRIAL RUN.
AND THEY DID A TRIAL RUN ON A
PHILIPPINE JETLINER AND THEY
USED FAKE PASSPORTS.
>> Reporter: THE FLIGHT'S
DISAPPEARANCE COMES ONLY WEEKS
AFTER U.S. AUTHORITIES WARN IN
THE RUN-UP TO THE SOCHI OLYMPICS
THAT TERRORISTS MIGHT TRY TO
HIDE EXPLOSIVES IN TOOTHPASTE OR
COSMETIC TUBES.
SOON AFTER OFFICIALS WARNED
AIRLINES TERROR GROUPS WERE
WORKING ON ADVANCE DESIGNS OF
SHOE BOMBS.
INTENDED TO AVOID DETECTION.
NOW, THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST ONE
CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY BY A
GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE CHINA
MARTYRS BRIGADE.
REGARDING THAT CLAIM, A U.S.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL TOLD ME,
QUOTE, NO GROUP BY THAT NAME HAS
PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND
IT WASN'T CLEAR WHO WAS BEHIND
THAT CLAIM, WOLF.
SO UNDERMINING THAT DETAIL,
THERE'S SO MANY DETAILS OUT
THERE, SOME HAVE MEANING, SOME
DO NOT HAVE MEANING.