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Home Front: WoT
Oklahoma man held before boarding plane with bomb
2005-08-11
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man was taken into custody after he tried to carry a bomb on board an airplane on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, an FBI spokesman said. Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr., 24, was detained on Wednesday morning after a security screener using an X-ray machine saw the device in his luggage as he tried to board a flight to Philadelphia at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City.
Well, if I was going to the City of Brotherly Love I'd carry protection, but a bomb is a bit much.
I'm very impressed the security screener found it. That's one.
"Although the investigation is in its initial stages we have found no apparent connection to any type of terrorist activity or group," FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said.
Another one of your "lone white male" suspects, eh?
Who can fly airplanes, per his resume.
Johnson said the screener saw an "improvised explosive device" in Dreyling's carry-on luggage then wet himself. A woman answering the phone at Dreyling's home on Wednesday night declined to discuss the matter.
"I can say no more!"
Johnson said Dreyling would be charged in federal court on Thursday with possession of an explosive device at an airport.
They really don't like that.
Posted by:Steve

#18  lol, BH, but you mus be talkin about last week!
Posted by: Bobby   2005-08-11 15:15  

#17  BH - Have you no shame, looking at his house? ;->

I'm watching your house right now, Bobby, and it's you who should be ashamed of yourself! ;)
Posted by: BH   2005-08-11 13:58  

#16  What is it with Oklahoma men and explosives?

If you are referring to McVeigh and Company, they were not from Oklahoma.
Posted by: Zpaz   2005-08-11 13:07  

#15  You fishheads don't understand. He was obviously afraid of flying and fearing hijacking. To mitigate his concerns he built his own bomb never intending to use it..... Because what are the odds of two unconnected bombers on a flight? It was a form of insurance.

Legume! Fetch My Saxophone.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-08-11 13:01  

#14  You won't find too much alive and worth eating on a regular basis in the waterways in Philly. If you caught it and killed it the EPA still doesn't advise you eat too much of it. CNN has a nice pic of the badboy. Contrast it with the one BH dug up on badboy's website. In the words of a former client "his mind be swimmin ... it's all in the eyes you see."
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-08-11 12:44  

#13  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An explosive device was found in a passenger's carryon bag as the man passed through a checkpoint, and federal agents arrested him, the FBI said Thursday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Troester described the device as a carbon-dioxide cartridge with a black-powder detonator.

Just a big firecracker. Enjoy your time in the slammer, Chuck.
Posted by: Steve   2005-08-11 12:44  

#12  The explosives were for his fishing, yeah, fishing.

What a dumbass.

Although the dynamite fishin ain't bad this time of the year in Philly!

Hehe

EP
Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding   2005-08-11 12:24  

#11  I'm just awfully glad y'all are on our side, guys.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-08-11 12:22  

#10  BH - Have you no shame, looking at his house? ;->

Best not be telling the ACLoozers that you can look up someone's satellite view - I just did it last night, myself!
Posted by: Bobby   2005-08-11 12:17  

#9  Well, convert would make sense (they often have something to prove) but equally possible is the mere idiot theory.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-08-11 12:09  

#8  Big-ass house, too, according to Google's satellite map. Rich bums are easy pickings for spiritualism pimps. New convert?
Posted by: BH   2005-08-11 11:55  

#7  Flying airplanes is an expensive hobby. Not just a bum, but one who is still being supported by Mommy and Daddy. And, since the OU page is still valid, one who realized a bit late that going to college is a good idea. Did he go because he decided to grow up, as a way to meet girls, or because that was the only way Daddy would keep paying his bills?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-08-11 11:44  

#6  heh. You could call and ask him. ;)
Posted by: BH   2005-08-11 11:18  

#5  BH - thanks.

From his web page:

Experience

Shoe Salesman
Transporter at St. Anthony Hospital
Beach Lifeguard

Education

Highshool diploma at Putnam City North Highschool
Freshman year of college studying business

Interests

Playing soccer
Fishing
Flying airplanes


All this, and he's 24.

Translation: BUM

Question: Where's a shoe salesman/hospital bed-pusher/beach bum get the money for explosives and a plane ticket? Did he use Priceline?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-08-11 11:14  

#4  bh - he forgot to mention ied making skills and the fact that he's an idiot and a violent one at that.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-08-11 11:10  

#3  Here's his OU web page.
Posted by: BH   2005-08-11 11:05  

#2  What is it with Oklahoma men and explosives?
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-08-11 11:04  

#1  Not much on Google for his name. He -- or his father -- gave some money to the Oklahoma University College of Pharmacy, but that's all.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-08-11 11:01  

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