The answers dictate the logical course of the interview. You can't ask logical follow-up questions if he provides misleading answers. It takes you down all sorts of alleys--wild goose chases, essentially.
It would have triggered an immediate attempt to gather every piece of information we could about the plan, the targets.
That's pretty ominous and obviously suggests some sort of hijacking plan.
I told him I thought that was strange.
Although I did create problems for myself, I had no other choice.
His excuse is weak, he just wants to learn how to do it... That's pretty ominous and obviously suggests some sort of hijacking plan.