[Diddle E. Squat]

...flight attendants noticed Mayo about 90 minutes into the flight because she was pushing against the aircraft bulkhead...authorities found a screwdriver and an unspecified number of cigarette lighters in her bag, items which are banned under new security regulations. Marcinkiewicz also confirmed that matches were found Mayo's bag.

She also had a bottle of water, which did not appear to be supplied by the flight crew. It wasn't clear how the items made it through airport security...Later during the flight, according to the affidavit, Mayo asked a flight attendant: "Is this a training flight for United Flight 93?"...She wrote in a note and said to flight attendants that she had been in a country illegally, and later said she had photographs of Pakistan.

"She stated that the photographs would be awful, and she indicated that they related to the people that she had been with in the mountains of Pakistan," the affidavit said...Flight attendants summoned the captain, who spoke to Mayo. During the conversation, she made reference to there being "six steps to building some unspecified thing."

"She made reference to being with people associated with two words. She stated that she could not say what the two words were because the last time that she had said the two words she had been kicked off of a flight in the United Arab Emirates," according to the affidavit.

The captain and purser both believed that she was referring to al-Qaida...

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Sounds like she wasn't part of any actual plot and was just a kooky leftist journalist who freaked out.

More info on her here:

Woman In Logan Airport Incident Identified

[diamond6]

Oh good grief, so many nutcases out there!!!

[Psalm 73]

"Catherine C. Mayo, 59, of Braintree, Vt.,

Ahhh, one of the "Deaniacs".....EEEEAAAWWWW.....

[End Times Sentinel]

It wasn't clear how the items made it through airport security.

Maybe TSA was looking the other way because she looked Middle Eastern? I mean, hundreds would die, but atleast they could meet their maker with the wholesome good feeling that nobody had their feeling hurt.

[taxcontrol]

Either nut case or brain washed.... either way, definite need for a mental eval.

[weegee]

Update to re-state that much of what was initially reported and then retracted was true...

[Peach]

This is just unbelievable that with such intense security she was able to get through security with lighters and bottled water.

And I don't know how, given that she made statements about AQ, that the TSA was able to say so quickly that she didn't represent a terrorist threat. Granted she's probably just a nut, but how do we know that some terrorists don't have intent but such severe mental health problems that they get caught?

[ARealMothersSonForever]

"Sounds like she wasn't part of any actual plot and was just a kooky leftist journalist who freaked out."
After spending 6 years in Pakistan. Nope, nothing to see here whatsoever.
"Cathy Mayo is an American journalist based in Pakistan"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2003%5C03%5C04%5Cstory_4-3-2003_pg3_7

[iceskater]

Gov. Mitt Romney said the woman was claustrophobic and became so upset she had to be restrained, and passengers said Mayo appeared to have emotional problems.

Where did he get the idea that she was claustrophobic? None of that description sounds like claustrophobia to me. She's a looney tune but I don't know that claustrophobia is what's going on. This statement of Romney's bothers me.

[NonValueAdded]

Holy Shiite. Flash to TSA: Time for you to handle security in ALL locations where flights to the US are boarding. Mega flash to airlines: Anyone using a passport that shows a visit to Pakistan only days before boarding your flight needs to be seated surrounded by the biggest blond-haired American males on the flight.

[Red Badger]

Catherine C. Mayo, 59, of Braintree, Vt.

Obviously OUT OF HER TREE!.........

[This Just In]

I'm sorry, but Martin DRINKWATER?! Is that a misprint?

Romney said the woman was claustrophobic?! He knows this woman personally?! My parent was claustrophobic. Never urinated on a floor or pushed on a bulkhead while in flight.

She is in need of a new jacket.

[garyhope]

I have no sympathy or empathy left for the "disturbed".

I'm just tired, real tired of everyone's "problems"
or "feelings".

Screw em, shut em up, hand cuff em, give them a good beating and dump them in the baggage hole.

I got problems, you got problems and "feelin's", ....so what, get over it and STFU. Deal with it, get over it. Life is a bitch, so what, it's that way for all of us.

Want some cheese with that whine? STFU. And sing.

[MayflowerMadam]

I think her intentions were 100% evil when she got on that flight. Too many connections to Pakistan. Her writings are anti-American. She simply chickened out. I hope Homeland Security checkes her out thorougly, and imprisons her if appropriate.

[vladimir998]

"urinated on the cabin floor"

Yeah, that makes for a pleasant flying experience for the other passangers.

[Two-Bits]

I have one stupid question.....With all the lighters she had with her, does she smoke? I have a suspicion she does not.

[stm]

A photo of the perpetrator after her removal from the aircraft and subsequent arrest and confinement:

[Ditter]

I became claustrophobic on a flight one time and got out of my seat when the seat belt light was still on but I would never have urinated on the floor. LOL!

[Lx]

About 35 minutes later, when she tried to go to the bathroom, the flight attendants directed her to a different lavatory. Instead, she pulled down her pants and urinated on the floor, Choldin wrote in the affidavit, which was based on his interviews and those of other federal officials.

I hate when passengers do that.

[sandbar]

>>>During that time, she was "biting her fingers, rubbing her feet and in a constant state of movement. She appeared very agitated," the affidavit said. >>>

Sounds like she was geeking. That would explain the extreme paranoia as well.

[patriot_wes]

"About 35 minutes later, when she tried to go to the bathroom, the flight attendants directed her to a different lavatory. Instead, she pulled down her pants and urinated on the floor,"

See I told you women should never wear pants!.........just kidding