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| CAIR to get airport security tour |
| 2006-08-18 |
| The Department of Homeland Security took a Muslim group with known past ties to terror organizations on a VIP tour of security operations at the nation's busiest airport at the same time British authorities were working to break up a plot to blow up U.S. airlines. On June 21, a senior DHS official from Washington personally guided Muslim officials from the Council on American-Islamic Relations on a behind-the-scenes tour of Customs screening operations at O'Hare International Airport in response to CAIR complaints that Muslim travelers were being unfairly delayed as they entered the U.S. from abroad. CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association for Palestine, identified by two former FBI counterterrorism chiefs as a "front group" for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Several CAIR leaders have been convicted on terror-related charges. During the airport tour, CAIR was taken on a walk through the point-of-entry, Customs stations, secondary screening and interview rooms. In addition, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents were asked to describe for CAIR representatives various features of the high-risk passenger lookout system. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #13 Yikes! When both Rush and O'Reilly stated yesterday that they "don't know what to believe anymore" (from their prime sources); Houston, we have a problem. |
| Posted by: at 2006-08-18 21:57 |
| #12 I won't feel sorry when the Master Race suffers the "Nazi" consequences |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-18 21:26 |
| #11 gromgoru - Stupidity can often be a capital offense (though it can also result in a Darwin Award). But this isn't stupidity - it's political correctness - which in our current GWOT can also prove fatal. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-08-18 21:18 |
| #10 CAIR in the past has cried racism and bigotry when the bureau has moved unilaterally with investigations and raids in the community. Repeat after me, class. I'll have you write it 100 times on the chalkboard too after class: Islam is NOT a race (as much as they think they're the Master Race(tm)). Now, about feeling that Americans are bigoted. You ain't seen nuttin' yet, if something else happens to our nation, the gloves are comin' off. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-08-18 15:07 |
| #9 Thanks for the tour. BTW where do keep the carriers this time of year? |
| Posted by: Yamamoto 2006-08-18 15:06 |
| #8 The Department of Homeland Security took a Muslim group with known past ties to terror organizations on a VIP tour of security operations at the nation's busiest airport at the same time British authorities were working to break up a plot to blow up U.S. airlines. Stupidity should be painful, very very painful, excruciatingly so. This goes beyond insane. Behold the sordid spectacle of PC mentality fawning at the feet of its agressors. All involved in this act of cognitive dissonance should be banned from ever having even a minimum security clearance. Why not just give them a stack of blank passports and get it over with? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-18 14:32 |
| #7 I will repeat myself, but what the heck... WTF? The sheer idiocy displayed here is killing me. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-18 12:11 |
| #6 Talk about utter stupidity. When these assholes from CAIR cry and moan, just laugh in their face and tell them to go f**k off. Now they are plotting on just how to bypass all known detection methods. The best method is, Muzzies don't fly. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-18 11:30 |
| #5 When TSA hires them as airport screeners, why worry about a tour? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-18 11:27 |
| #4 Ready for the tour, Admiral Yamamoto? Okay. Step aboard the launch and we'll run you out to Battleship Row. What's that? Sure. Take all the pictures you want. |
| Posted by: Pearl Harbor, 1939 2006-08-18 11:03 |
| #3 Someone really, really, really, needs to get fired over this. Unfortunately they will probably get a promotion and a big bonus for enabling the next WTC class disaster - like that idiot who came up with the Visa Express program which was deeply involved in the WTC bombing. This is flat out STUPID! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-08-18 10:24 |
| #2 Stupidity is not a crime---but it kills. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-08-18 10:03 |
| #1 Did they take notes? A few photos perhaps? Draw a few diagrams, did they? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2006-08-18 10:02 |