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2006-07-10 Home Front: WoT

TSA/HPD allow possible bomb carrier on Plane

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-10 12:25|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1
Dry run? Anyone? Bueller?

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-07-10 13:24|| 2006-07-10 13:24|| Front Page Top

#2 a clock with a 9-volt battery taped to it and a copy of the Quran
Enough right their to hold, dog-bark, humilitate and expell.

Posted by 6 2006-07-10 13:39|| 2006-07-10 13:39|| Front Page Top

#3 And gutted out shoes?!

What does it take to stop someone?

Posted by SLO Jim 2006-07-10 13:57|| 2006-07-10 13:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe it was special agent Emmett's undercover test muzzie.

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-07-10 14:16|| 2006-07-10 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Test run, for sure. this ought to be good news for the Islamic Crusaders.

Posted by Bobby 2006-07-10 17:05|| 2006-07-10 17:05|| Front Page Top

#6 "During follow-up, we are finding that there simply was not a material threat."

Lucky you. And passengers. And relatives. And friends. Etc. What about next time? I call this a failure.

I understand that mistakes are made, and that's understandable. But heads should roll here if they are trying to lay blame rather than looking for the problem/solution.

And what is this about not knowing whose responsibility it is or having some clear system in place to keep suspect passengers off a plane? Isn't that the whole point? I don't believe it. If I say "I have a bomb" in an airport even if I don't, I will be run off to jail without a second thought. Does this whole story mean that if I actually carry something that intentionally looks and smells like a bomb, even if it isn't, that somehow this is different? Bull$hit. They'll have to think faster than that to explain this away in my mind.

Posted by grb 2006-07-10 19:16|| 2006-07-10 19:16|| Front Page Top

#7 What I wonder about is the guy with the rest of the components who did get on.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-10 19:26|| 2006-07-10 19:26|| Front Page Top

#8 At least it wasn't snakes ...

Posted by DMFD 2006-07-10 19:59|| 2006-07-10 19:59|| Front Page Top

#9 What do you expect? TSA are the same former hamburger-flippers, now paid Federal salary scale wages and wearing fancy uniforms. Maybe they would improve with some gold braid.

The local cops are not much better. Good riddance to Mineta.

Posted by SR-71 2006-07-10 21:54|| 2006-07-10 21:54|| Front Page Top

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