By Associated Press, 09/12/01

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PORTLAND, Maine -- Two suspects in Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center flew to Boston from the Portland International Jetport, Maine Gov. Angus King said Wednesday.

The two men apparently were using New Jersey driver licenses but little else was known about them, King said. They left behind a rental car that was impounded and hauled to the Maine State Police crime lab in Augusta.

"This information appears to open up a series of leads that I'm sure will help to identify who the attackers (were)," King told The Associated Press.

King said he was briefed at midnight by state police officials at the Maine Emergency Management Agency's 24-hour center at Camp Keyes, where the governor spent the night.

Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood said the rental car, a blue Nissan Altima, was identified at 11:30 p.m. in a parking area at the airport.

Detectives surveyed the scene, took pictures and scooped up some cigarette butts next to the car that will be tested for DNA, Chitwood said. The car was transported to the crime lab at 3:30 a.m.

Jim Osterrieder, FBI chief in Maine, declined comment on the reports. He directed questions to the FBI's Boston office.

Authorities said they received no unusual communications from American Flight 11, which left Boston at 7:59 a.m. Tuesday with 92 people aboard, or from United Flight 175, which departed 15 minutes later, with 65 people.

The 767s, both bound for Los Angeles, were apparently hijacked by terrorists and deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center.

Portland Transportation Director Jeff Monroe said FBI agents were at the airport and reviewed surveillance tapes, but that airport officials had not been told that the suspects had flown through Portland.

Maine State Police assisted the FBI through the night, according to Stephen McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department. McCausland would not elaborate but said he suspected more information would be made available later Wednesday.

The airport is responsible for security in the terminal and the field, but airlines are responsible for the screening of passengers and baggage, Monroe said.

US Airways and American Eagle both offer early shuttle flights from Portland to Boston. Chitwood said the terrorists were on US Airways flight that left Portland at 5:45 a.m.

Agents in Maine have not been in contact with the FBI, said Matt Zetts, assistant chief of the Border Patrol in Houlton.