[Tim Osman]

I hope they're also keeping an eye out for passengers toting almanacs - they are the worst.

[DefCon]

More from the article:
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Could they be testing the reactions of air marshals or flight attendants? Security experts say it's possible, since terrorists prepare for attacks months and years in advance by following people, looking at things, taking pictures.

Aviation remains high on the list of terrorist targets. The government recently warned that al-Qaida has shown a continuing interest in trying to sneak improvised bombs onto planes using personal items, such as cameras, socks or jacket linings.

Steve Luckey gets several calls a week from pilots who wonder whether the odd things they see on the job are part of terrorist preparations. Luckey, a retired captain who chairs the Air Line Pilots Association's national security committee, said he gets the calls because pilots don't think they have anyplace else to go.

[Atlantic Friend]

The most suspect would be those that seem to enjoy their airplane food, IMHO... Highly suspicious behavior !

[jocon307]

"Young, Middle Eastern-looking men change their seats during a flight or argue with a flight attendant."

Let me tell you, if I had any young or old Middle Eastern looking men do any of this I'd report them immediately upon landing. And I certainly hope this is being done. I'm not of the "there's-bound-to-be-another-attack-in-the-US" school of thought, but I'm 100% certain there are folks here, young, male Middle Eastern folks, who are determined to try.

Who thinks there were only 19, or 20, or 50?

[leadpenny]

It looks to me like the Terrorist Threat Integration Center is just another bureaucratic layer. If the flight crews expect the information they pass to their companies to make it unscathed through the TSA to the TTIC, they probably do have reason to feel frustrated.

[FreedomPoster]

>>Young, Middle Eastern-looking men change their seats during a flight or argue with a flight attendant.

Passengers seeing young, ME-looking men arguing with flight attendants need to tell the young, ME-looking men to STFU.

[tkathy]

They need to replace the useless stewardesses with trained guards who could serve pop etc. I for one would appreciate it.

[joesnuffy]

Only if the almanac toters are blue haired white women or disabled WWII vets with those dangerous artifical limbs

[verity]

If odd conduct is an indicator of Terrorism, be very concerned with the Democrat Presidential hopefuls!

[Political Junkie Too]

"Coincidence means you weren't paying attention to the other half of what was happening."
-- Samuel R. Delany, Sci-Fi author, Dhalgren

-PJ