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2010-01-14 Home Front: WoT

Detroit Bomber: No Coat, No Luggage, No Notice

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Posted by Steve White 2010-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It's about as cold in Amsterdam as it is in Detroit. At least is was late December. The lack of a coat could have been picked up there. No baggage, no coat in transit to a cold destination.

Posted by Solomon Glulet1502 2010-01-14 07:59|| 2010-01-14 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 I didn't know that either, Solomon Glulet1502. Mapping my ignorance would keep me very busy, if only I knew more.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-14 08:05|| 2010-01-14 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 As for our young pantybomber, there were other signs much more likely to trigger interest at the Amsterdam airport.

Like that knot on his forehead?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-01-14 11:35|| 2010-01-14 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Duh! don't see no need to raise red flags

Posted by Chaigum Tojo2469 2010-01-14 15:29|| 2010-01-14 15:29|| Front Page Top

#5 I still say that his getting on the plane in A'dam was an inside job that hopefully our Dutch buddies are looking at under the radar...

Otherwise, it is the stupidist thing to happen to airline security since they took my P-38 can opener off my keychain because it had a sharp point.

Posted by Karl Rove 2010-01-14 16:23|| 2010-01-14 16:23|| Front Page Top

#6 The red flags should have been topping the poles back in Nigeria. That's where he got on the first flight, to get to Amsterdam. The ticket agent was probably getting bribed...there were reports that someone helped him to get on board without a passport or anything else. Normally that would be a big warning sign. That's where they should be looking first.

Keep in mind, we don't know everything about this and probably won't for a while. He may have had a connecting ticket to somewhere warm here in the states. The whole "he's got no coat" thing wouldn't be so weird if they thought his final destination was, say, Miami or Houston. (It would have also given him a second chance to set off his undies if for some reason he couldn't on board the Amsterdam-Detroit flight.)

Now the "no luggage" thing? That's just weird.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-14 20:44|| 2010-01-14 20:44|| Front Page Top

#7 and now after the fireworks, he has 'no luggage' in a real and much more permanent sense.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-01-14 21:45|| 2010-01-14 21:45|| Front Page Top

#8 "boxers or briefs...or Depends and catheter?"

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-14 22:09|| 2010-01-14 22:09|| Front Page Top

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