Posted on 07/22/2004 8:18:49 AM PDT by ArmyBratproud
...So here's my question: Since the FBI issued a warning to the airline industry to be wary of groups of five men on a plane who might be trying to build bombs in the bathroom, shouldn't a group of 14 Middle Eastern men be screened before boarding a flight?
Apparently not. Due to our rules against discrimination, it can't be done. During the 9/11 hearings last April, 9/11 Commissioner John Lehman stated that "...it was the policy (before 9/11) and I believe remains the policy today to fine airlines if they have more than two young Arab males in secondary questioning because that's discriminatory."
So even if Northwest Airlines searched two of the men on board my Northwest flight, they couldn't search the other 12 because they would have already filled a government-imposed quota.
(Excerpt) Read more at womenswallstreet.com ...
"I am thinking about writing a story about what I once experienced. The title will be "Tenor in the Skies". I will follow up with, "Tenor in the Skies, Again". Then of course "Tenor in the Skies, Again Part II". "
Followed of course by that favorite "Three Tenor's in the Sky"....perhaps a musical, with BIG SETS!
(grin)
I will say this, at least people are concerned about security. Thats a plus no matter how you view the ongoing "sky is falling" stuff.
At least most are paying attention.
Vigilance yes. Paranoia no. Fear clouds one's thinking. I really am intersted in seeing where this story goes.
>>Terror in the Skies, Again? and again and again and again.<<
Do Not Forget 911
Stay Aware!
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