The department announced a global manhunt for the five, saying they could be preparing suicide attacks.
For the ensuing three days, Spiro was the only suspect in the slaying; the story dominated the national news, and a global manhunt was quickly under way.
But Mr. Mohammed had escaped the net before and had a reputation as a frustrating subject in the global manhunt for followers of Al Qaeda.
With his name on the F.B.I.'s Most Wanted List, he dropped from sight, eluding a global manhunt.
Mr. Shibh's disappearance in early September has frustrated investigators, who have mounted a global manhunt for him.
If everyone's in agreement, I'll give Doron the go-ahead to commence operations, while we concentrate on a massive global manhunt to hunt down these suicide teams.
Ever since, he has been the target of a major global manhunt by the NSA.
Pentagon officials warn that tracking Mr. Hussein with any certainty is difficult if not impossible, as shown by the global manhunt now under way for Osama bin Laden.
Despite the fact that he is the subject of a global manhunt, relatively little is known about Mr. Yasin's personal history.
A global manhunt after a huge number of highly publicized intrusions into numerous government and corporate systems did, in fact, manage to capture an 18 year old kid.