ɪn ɑːktˈoʊbɚ, ˌɛfbˌiːˈaɪ kənsˈʌltənt pˈɔːl wˈɪljəmz ɹˈoʊt ɐ bˈʊk dˈʌnsᵻz ʌv dˈuːmsdeɪ ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː klˈeɪmd ðæt ɐdnˈæn ʃˈʌkɹɪdʒˌuːmə, ˈeɪmɚɹ ˌɛlmˈɑːɾi, ˈɛlbeɪnˌeɪ ænd ˈɑːnəz ˈællˈɪbi hæd ˈɔːl bˌɪn sˈiːn ɚɹˈaʊnd hˈæməltən, ɑːntˈæɹɪˌoʊ ðə pɹˈiːviəs jˈɪɹ, ænd ðæt ʃˈʌkɹɪdʒˌuːmə hɐdbɪn sˈiːn æt mək mˈæstɚ jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi wˈɛɹ hiː "wˈeɪstᵻd nˈoʊ tˈaɪm ɪn ɡˈeɪnɪŋ ˈæksɛs tə ðə nˈuːklɪɹ ɹɪˈæktɚ ænd stˈiːlɪŋ mˈoːɹ ðɐn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi pˈaʊndz ʌv nˈuːklɪɹ mətˈɪɹiəl fɚðə kɹiːˈeɪʃən ʌv ɹˌeɪdɪəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl bˈɑːmz".
In October, FBI consultant Paul Williams wrote a book Dunces of Doomsday in which he claimed that Adnan Shukrijumah, Amer el-Maati, Elbaneh and Anas al-Liby had all been seen around Hamilton, Ontario the previous year, and that Shukrijumah had been seen at McMaster University where he "wasted no time in gaining access to the nuclear reactor and stealing more than 180 pounds of nuclear material for the creation of radiological bombs".