Editing USS Cole bombing (section)

==Investigation==
In a form of transport pioneered in 1988 by {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|FFG-58|6}} aboard ''[[Mighty Servant 2]]'', ''Cole'' was hauled from Aden aboard the Norwegian [[Heavy-lift ship#Submerging types|semi-submersible heavy lift salvage ship]] {{MV|Blue Marlin}}. ''Cole'' arrived in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]], on 13 December 2000, where she was rebuilt.

[[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service|NCIS]] agents sent to Yemen to investigate the bombing worked in an extremely hostile environment. They were met at the airport by Yemeni special forces with "...each soldier pointing an [[AK-47]]." Speakers in the [[House of Representatives (Yemen)|Yemeni parliament]] "calling for jihad against America" were broadcast on local television each night. After some delay, the Yemenis produced a CCTV video from a harborside security camera, but the crucial moment of the explosion was deleted.<ref>Wright, Lawrence, ''Looming Tower'', Knopf, (2006), p. 325, {{ISBN|0-375-41486-X}}.</ref> "There were so many perceived threats that the agents often slept in their clothes and with their weapons at their sides." At one point, the hotel where the agents stayed "was surrounded with men in traditional dress, some in Jeeps, all carrying guns." Finally the agents abandoned their hotel to stay at a US Navy vessel in the Bay of Aden, but they still did not feel safe. After being granted "permission from the Yemeni government to fly back to shore," an agent said their helicopter took evasive action during the flight due to fears of shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.<ref name=Tower>Wright, Lawrence, ''Looming Tower'', Knopf, (2006), pp. 322–331, {{ISBN|0-375-41486-X}}.</ref>