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This could be huge blow to the investigation into the -- Ghazi terror attack Tunisian authorities releasing it one of the only suspects in custody.
I remember in October the 26 year old Tunisian man arrested an airport in Turkey with false papers listen extradited from Turkey to Tunisian custody.
At the time Tunisian authorities saying they strongly suspected he was involved in the 9/11 attack that killed -- investor Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Tunisia charged a man with membership of a terrorist organization.
And only after senator Lindsey Graham intervene Tunisia finally commanded our FBI to question a man but now a judge is -- the suspect -- the lack of evidence.
-- -- -- -- -- Correspondent Alice -- joins us live from Tunisia why didn't they release some Alice and -- they suspect is part of 9/11 or not.
Broadway Arab -- I think they released.
Because the evidence against him was largely circumstantial there are a lot of reasons to be suspicious and that this non.
He spent time in prison and the he is back on charges of -- to go to Iraq and fight in the Jihad that.
And he was in that there at the time he was questions about whether he was planning to go to Syria.
-- and fight that but I think ultimately they just didn't have anything solid on him.
CF BI file you are happy -- from able to question him is do you have any information on your ended Tunisia what information he gave them -- -- -- nothing on the -- -- -- I mean the Americans are but certainly didn't touch them and they've been very cagey about what actually took place and -- the -- -- discussed and any sort of details.
I think what was interesting is that we sold that.
And extremists -- parents are sure react.
And publish photographs of the FBI agents.
Allegedly did this questioning -- now one of that -- -- about social media networks.
I don't and I think this indicates -- connection between -- -- study hard C.
And this extremist -- Tunisia didn't -- the Fed does raise some questions about this hiatus.
It was very didn't call for the US to get permission to question it took a US senator senator a senator Lindsey Graham to intervene.
I'm curious is there a way to certain generalize it characterized the deal in Tunisia.
The United States and the American government are set.
Too tough to generalize it.
Well I think that in general -- Tunisian people alone by welcoming at the United States that suddenly when we salute the attack on the American Embassy hit just off the -- tackle a consulate and back and privacy.
And there are a number of people who have Frankel styled elicit an attack -- didn't find out some of the buildings near the embassy in a concerted effort to get inside and do harm to some of the Americans.
So that is an extremist current hand there are some people are hostile to US interests.
Asked thank you very much -- reporting live from Tunisia will continue to -- this -- because so we're very young Americans the Branson's find out what happened to Ben Ghazi and this -- Regrettably I -- that -- at least we seem to have publicly here in the United States Alice thank you.
As having.