Mystery Flight: Two passengers trigger alarms—and fresh echoes of 9/11.

Newsweek ^ | By Mark Hosenball and Michael Hirsh

[IronJack]

Maybe they weren't going to do anything on THIS flight, but I suspect they weren't headed to Mexico so they could sightsee the ruins at Tulum.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Flight-free Lifestyle Reading List Ping.

[Gunrunner2]

Something about pre-screening the names, giving them to the government before takeoff was apparently some "civil rights" issue that only allows names to be passed after take-off. Can't recall the specifics, but that's the gist of it.

[Savage Rider]

So why don't passenger names go to the list for checking as soon as the ticket is booked? That would leave only a few to be checked as last minute purchasers and everyone should be checked before the flight takes off.

[rawhide]

Read this for another interesting post about what is happening in the skies above us:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385409/posts

[ancient_geezer]

The fact they forward the names AFTER take-off is problem.

Actually that would be a good thing, if they ejected them from the plane immediately.

Problem solved.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping to the rest of the story.

[kitkat]

***I heard yesterday that the government run TSA is no better than when it was civilian contracted. Gee! What a surprise that was. Another government run agency that is a waste of money.***

Blame it on the libs. They refused to vote for a private contractor. It had to be UNION-gov't workers.

[Calpernia]

WOW! Thanks for the ping!

[bitt]

if you see the next article by Jacobsen, ping me!

"next in the series, Annie Jacobsen Gets a Visit From the Feds,"