'Suspicious' ferry riders identified as European business consultants

The FBI has called off a global manhunt for two men spotted last summer who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent and were spotted on a Washington ferry exhibiting "suspicious" behavior.

The men appeared at a U.S. embassy two weeks ago and identified themselves as European business consultants on a trip to Seattle, according to an FBI press release.

"It appears that they were in the area for legitimate reasons," the FBI states in the release.

The FBI released pictures of the two men to the news media in an effort to identify and locate them after reports that the men "showed an inordinate interest in the operation of the shipboard systems," Assistant Special Agent in Charge Dave Gomez said last August.

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