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How Shahzad Almost Got Away

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Airline missed no-fly list update.

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Call him the one who almost got away. Faisal Shahzad, wanted by investigators in connection with Saturday night’s attempted bombing of Times Square, had boarded a flight to Dubai Monday night and the plane had already begun to leave the gate before airline officials noticed he had been added to...

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