Still no sign of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, as the search area now covers the vast waters on either side of the Malay Peninsula off of Southeast Asia.  But there is new information about the two men who boarded the ill-fated flight with stolen passports.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation says Malaysian authorities are providing the thumbprints of those passengers along with images from the Kuala Lumpur airport’s security cameras.  The FBI will compare that data with lists of known terrorists and other criminal databases. 

The manner in which their tickets were purchased is also troubled, and should have raised red flags:  The tickets were purchased from a Thai travel agent at the last minute, with cash, for one-way flights.  The middleman who paid for the tickets is known only as “Mr. Ali”, apparently (or allegedly) from Iran. The mysterious passengers were traveling on Italian and Austrian passports that were later confirmed to have been stolen.  Earlier, Malaysian authorities said the two men were “Asian” – now, they’re saying the subjects were “Mediterranean” appearing.

But as shady as all of this appears, there’s no evidence of a crime or terrorism, nor are the “usual suspects” talking about it.

“The US is not picking up any intel, no chatter,” a counter-terrorism official who preferred to remain anonymous told America’s ABC News.  “The bad guys aren’t even discussing it.  It’s an awkward situation.  There is nothing from which to draw any firm conclusion yet.”

Meanwhile, earlier leads as to the missing Boeing 777-200’s location didn’t pan out.  Vietnamese pilots thought they spotted an interior portion of a door.  It’s been discounted, as were the oil slicks on the sea seen days ago where the plane 'might' have gone down.  Six Australian passengers were among the 239 people on board flight MH370 when it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.