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FBI Drops Search for Middle Eastern Men

NPR | By Michele Norris,
Larry Abramson
Published January 7, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The FBI drops its search for five Middle Eastern men believed to have entered the United States illegally on Christmas Eve. Bureau officials expressed growing doubts about the credibility of their informant. Hear more from NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Larry Abramson.

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Larry Abramson is NPR's National Security Correspondent. He covers the Pentagon, as well as issues relating to the thousands of vets returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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