Posted on 01/01/2010 9:28:16 AM PST by opentalk
Pantie-Bomber !
Mark Steyn is a hoot !
I don’t understand why paying cash for a ticket necessarily is a red flag.
I'm sure the CIA is all over that one. not.
“I don’t understand why paying cash for a ticket necessarily is a red flag.”
Because it is harder to get a credit card under a false name than a US Passport...
He’s not the Uni-Bomber, he’s the Unit- bomber !!
It's part of the profile. It's simply a fact that most terrorists/hijackers have:
- Purchased one-way tickets.
- Paid cash.
- Checked no luggage.
Normal business and pleasure travelers purchase round-trip tickets with a credit card and check some luggage. Not doing so automatically puts that passenger into the "Unusual" category.
It a shame that our security and media have shared these facts with the media, any terrorist worth his salt would now avoid these profile points.
Agreed, nor flying without luggage. The last couple of times I’ve flown, I’ve sent a box with clothes, toiletries and such by FedEx Ground to the friends I’m staying with, as it costs about as much to send my stuff ahead as it does to check a bag with the airline — and I don’t have to mess with luggage at the airport.
So it's the classic "We may suck but our predecessor sucked even more" defense. That's something I'd expect to hear on a kindergarten playground and NOT from the "leader of the free world". That whole "we inherited it" shtick is getting REALLY tired Bambi. You've been in office for 11 months there skippy, if it was that bad YOU should have begun correcting it by now. Time to put on the big boy pants and take responsibility. I'm so fed up with the boy-president I could scream!!!
Pantie bomber for a pantie waste WH.
Probably because they don’t want a paper trail. Even if you’re dead there’s an address and ssn that can be a potential lead. It may expose the rest of your cell, these jerks don’t usually act alone.
The White House is the threat to the American People. Period.
Congress will change hands and attack the Muslim Commander. This isn’t over.
There is only one way to prevent these kinds of incidents. Ban underwear.
Profile, eh? Would “middle eastern descent” happen to be on that profile? Don’t see it in the enumerated points.
If so, how does this justify THEIR lack of Intel efficiencies???
One’s national origin and travel history would be part of the security screening profile if I were running the show, but even without it you could eliminate +90% of airline passengers with a quick profile check. Then you could concentrate your secondary screening process on the -10% of passengers that need it.
Agreed, at least domestically. Since the Airlines have started charging for checked baggage I see many more travelers not checking a bag.
However, on international flights one or more checked bags is still the norm.
Why don’t they just focus on Muslims and give American-Americans a dang break? They selected my 83 mother in law for a special search at the airport a few years back. It was the last time she went into an airport.
When was the last time an American Christian blue haired old lady bombed anything? Our law enforcement and political leaders are absolute, pin headed idiots. We let them get away with it.
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