He came as close as you could come. Plus, I wonder if Dubai would have extradited him. To the best of my knowledge, we have no formal extradition treaty with Dubai.
He came as close as you could come. Plus, I wonder if Dubai would have extradited him. To the best of my knowledge, we have no formal extradition treaty with Dubai.
Well..., I can see a big security loophole that this Administration is going to have to close up now ... since it's been exposed. It looks like (at least to me) that this security loophole has been here with us since the beginning of the no-fly lists.
From what I read, the Feds put this guy on the no-fly list. But, the Arab airline that he got tickets with -- they weren't in the habit of updating their no-fly list very often, so they sold him the tickets, even though he was on the Feds' no-fly list. The airline just didn't bother updating their list.
So, when the airline sent the passenger list over to the Feds (apparently something all the airlines do), that's when the Feds "caught it" and saw that he was on board that Arab airline. And that's when they moved in and stopped that flight from leaving.
I would say that the Feds need to "close up" that loophole and make sure that ther airlines update their no-fly list everyday -- and also, if there is someone who is immediately wanted (i.e., is "on the run") then the airlines need a notification system that they can use and check with to remain updated by the minute for any "on the run" individuals" that have just been put on the list in the last few minutes.
It's a good thing that the Feds caught the guy's name on that passenger list, just at the time when the flight was getting ready to leave ... hoo-boy!