# FBI says September 22 is a date of interest. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513 "2001-09-19T02:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fornit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@Fornit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fornit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/21 "2001-09-19T22:03:10Z")
personally, if I were to put myself into a potential terrorist’s shoes and try to come up with the most damaging/terrifying target, I’d chose the CDC. I don’t know how well protected the Center for Disease Control is against bombs or plane crashes, but just the thought of any of those toxins being released gives me the willies. -fornit. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/22 "2001-09-19T23:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pcubed \* > \*\* > Things that happened on 9/22: > > … > > - Debby Boone’s birthday. Granted “You Light Up My Life” was a horrible song, but that’s no reason to kill people. \*\* There are rumors that it was Sadaam Hussein’s least favorite song. Let’s see, the WTC was attacked to cripple commerce, the Pentagon was attacked to stop a US quick response. Hmm, attacking elite commando units just as they are packing up for war just might complete the hat trick. Naah…it’s highly unlikely there will be a terrorist attack on a packed stadium or speedway like Dover Downs, unless they really hate Cal Ripken, Jr. It will earn the sponsors of that action total annihilation. Don’t you dare go between a fan and his sport. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/23 "2001-09-19T23:36:51Z")
I suspect that operatives throughout the United States will simultaneously seize all the copies of the free newspapers which carry the weekly _Straight Dope_ column, causing a veil of ignorance to fall across the land. Fortunately, those of us who own copies of the _Straight Dope_ books will be able to lead the country back to its former glory. ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_Lobster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@Rock\_Lobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_Lobster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/24 "2001-09-20T00:29:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\* > 9/22 1pm Eastern: the NASCAR Busch Series [MBNA.com](http://MBNA.com) 200 at Dover Downs International Speedway. \*\* Didja hear there would be NO COOLERS allowed at the race? THAT is just…just… :: faints :: Kim “All yer are Bud belong to us” ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/25 "2001-09-20T01:49:02Z")
My big worry of the day (well, one of them) is that some crafty terrorist is going to be watching the news and learn that everyone is jazzed up for 9/22 and think “a-ha, we’ll just go ahead with our plan on 9/21 instead!” I mean, how can one possibly predict what these lunatics are going to do next? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/26 "2001-09-20T02:00:07Z")
Part of the problem is these people are NOT lunatics. They are methodical and calculating. To write them off as crazy is a mistake that helps them. As for dates one man’s significance is another man’s annoyance. Like “You Light Up My Life” actually is quite a beautiful song. It was just overplayed. Unlike "Don’t worry Be Happy or “Kokomo” both overplayed and awful 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/27 "2001-09-20T02:36:50Z")
I’ve been thinking that all this attention given to airports and “no knives on planes!” is probably closing the barn door after the horse got out. I mean, who’s gonna pull the exact same stunt? If they’ve got big plans, they’ve got to be trying something else. They’ve also got to be stupid. The last 2% of the world’s governments who haven’t thrown in with us are gonna HAVE to if they do anything else. (no cite for the 2%, but you know what I mean). I sure as hell am not going to Michigan Stadium on Saturday. I’ll tell you that much. I also feel like vomiting. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/28 "2001-09-20T03:19:18Z")
I knew better than to open this thread. Now I’m going to be weirded out all day the 22nd. Where in hell is my valium scrip when I _really_ need it, fer cryin’ out loud?? ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/29 "2001-09-20T03:23:57Z")
If I was a terrorist, I would fly my plane into a Burger King. No political motvies, I just really hate Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/30 "2001-09-20T03:28:39Z")
Hey, NaSultainne and Gundy, I know how you feel. Only I already had MY birthday shot all to hell. Think of your birthdate. The date probably makes you smile, right? Cause September 11th always cheered me up. Well, now until forever, everyone is going to associate my birthday with the worst disaster in American history. Of course this is petty and stupid. And I’m certainly glad that is wasn’t because of my birth that “this day shall forever live in infamy”. Still, what a crappy thing to associate with your birthday for the rest of your life. Heck, my little joke about how to remember my birthday (9/11/69) being Emergency-Oral Sex doesn’t seem so cute and clever in context. The best I can do now is **Horrible-Gut-Wrenching-Terror-Oral Sex.** And that’s especially not something I want to associate myself with. ---
**Author:** ![NaSultainne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NaSultainne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NaSultainne)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/31 "2001-09-20T04:09:51Z")
Yeah **seriousart** , I sympathize. I’m trying to be funny about it but it doesn’t feel funny. A thought just came to me; statistically speaking, of those killed on 9/11, probably 10-15 could also claim it as his/her birthday. I think I’ll quit now. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/32 "2001-09-20T04:24:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NaSultainne \* > \*\*Yeah **seriousart** , I sympathize. I’m trying to be funny about it but it doesn’t feel funny. A thought just came to me; statistically speaking, of those killed on 9/11, probably 10-15 could also claim it as his/her birthday. > \*\* Jesus. That is one fucking depressing thought. I’ll quit my bitching as of right now. I hope and pray that this all gets resolved soon. ---
**Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/33 "2001-09-20T11:40:07Z")
Well, I haven’t heard any public news about this, but I do have one source. There is a veteran (Vietnam) at my school, he is a Geography teacher or something. Well, i suppose like any vet, or a lot of vets, I should say, he has friends that are still actively participating in the military. Mr Jones, the vet, has been saying that his friend, who is stationed somewjere in Washington DC, has told him to watch TV this weekend, specifically the 22nd, Saturday. I am thinking this is going to be when Ameica strikes, not another attack from Bin Laden. ---
**Author:** ![Ariadne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Ariadne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ariadne)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/34 "2001-09-20T11:58:48Z")
My heart jumped a little when I saw the subject line of this post. I was on the phone last night with my best friend. One of the people she works with is in the reserves and he told her to stay away from national monuments and other public places on the 22nd. Still, if this many people have heard the same rumor, I sort of think it can’t be true. Any word of mouth that filters down to me is probably going to be on snopes by tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/35 "2001-09-20T14:27:46Z")
[Some Hijackers’ Identities Uncertain](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59320-2001Sep19.html) By Dan Eggen, George Lardner Jr. and Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, September 20, 2001; Page A01 > [@](#): > > Some reports have cited Sept. 22 as a potential date for additional attacks in part because alleged associates of the hijackers purchased airline tickets for flights > that day from San Antonio to San Diego. But Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said, “There is no credible evidence of any threat for Sept. 22.” ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/36 "2001-09-20T14:33:02Z")
Here’s a thing that I can’t figure out how to process. 15 minutes ago I was browsing in the Army/Navy surplus store near my office. The clerk hung up the phone and announced “That caller wanted to know if we carry infant-sized gas masks” ---
**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/37 "2001-09-20T14:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Elvis \* > \*\*I am told we really need to be scared on 9/33. \*\* I heard the terrorists are going to strike during our festivities on the big holiday on May 33rd (but only on leap years). Even as we speak, the best terrorists minds are working to find out exactly when that is… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/38 "2001-09-20T14:59:00Z")
As someone who is still changing diapers regularly, are you sure he didn’t mean “infant strength”? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/39 "2001-09-20T15:04:01Z")
I found [this](http://www.msnbc.com/local/WLEX/M93935.asp) article talking about suspected activity in Cinci and the date Sept. 22, which I posted [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88268) yesterday. The thing about terrorism is that even the threat of it is enough to disrupt the lives of thousands of people. Times had changed, folks. Live your life as you normally would or go out and build a bomb-shelter and move in. ---
**Author:** ![Pepsigirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pepsigirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pepsigirl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513/40 "2001-09-20T23:09:23Z")
According to the radio, the only real “significant” activity on the 22nd is the Miss America Pagent. Think about it. It will be televised, crowded and will have a reprensentative from each state there. Seems pretty spooky. The reason the FBI have an interest in that date is because several of the highjackers and people that have been detained had that date circled on their calendars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-says-september-22-is-a-date-of-interest/82513.md?page=3)