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New details given about hijack suspects' visas

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- All 19 men implicated in the worst terrorist attack against the United States entered the country legally on a variety of visas -- business, tourist or student -- according to the Justice Department, which also said visas for three of the suspects had expired by the time of the September 11 hijackings.

Most of the information compiled by the Immigration and Naturalization Service has previously been reported by CNN, but federal authorities this week provided new details on the types of visas granted to the men.

All but two of the alleged hijackers entered the country this past spring and summer. Two came in last year.

CNN has determined that 15 of the men were from Saudi Arabia, two hailed from the United Arab Emirates, one came from Egypt and another was Lebanese.

As previously reported, three of the men identified by the FBI as hijackers had overstayed their visas: Hani Hanjour and Nawaf Alhazmi, both of whom allegedly helped commandeer American Airlines Flight 77, which slammed into the Pentagon, and Satam M.A. Al Suqami, who has been named as a hijacker on board American Airlines Flight 11, one of two jets to hit the World Trade Center in New York.

Fifteen of the men entered the United States on tourist visas, three of the men came into the country with business visas and just one came in with a student visa.