It just raises one's level of concern, especially those of us with children about to fly the friendly skies tomorrow, for example. Yeah, those destined-for-Vegas bands from Syria. They sure have a fine sense of humor.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/179528p-156059c.html
Flashback: FBI: Terrorists may use sports, arts visas to enter U.S.
Originally published on April 1, 2004
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have received intelligence indicating terrorists might attempt to slip into the United States using cultural, arts or sports visas, according to the FBI.
The bureau issued a bulletin to 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide warning about the potential misuse of P-visas, one of several types granted by the State Department for people visiting the United States for artistic, cultural or athletic purposes.
“Recent intelligence indicates that terrorist groups may be interested in exploiting cultural visa programs to infiltrate operatives and support network into the United States,” says the bulletin, described Thursday to The Associated Press by a federal law enforcement official.
The bulletin, sent Wednesday, does not identify the source of the intelligence and contains no specific, corroborated evidence that any terrorists have entered the country this way.
There are people in this world that want to kill all of us, of that there is no doubt.
But this article tells me much more about the author than it does about the state of security on the airlines.
And I'm sorry, her disclaimer about racism rings very hollow after considering this for an hour.
oh yeah.. passengers under 16 either.