[el_doctor2]

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

[Lessismore]

Why not land at Gander or Churchill with "mechanical difficulties", remove the passengers, inspect the plane, re-board with "escorts" and continue on to Mexico?

[Piquaboy]

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.

[FreeAtlanta]

If we had to shoot down a foreign 747, how would Koffi and the world body react?

If the terrorists had taken the cockpit, why would they then be willing to accept that we don't want them to enter our airspace?

[LadyInTheChair]

It is only a matter of time! It's a good thing someone was paying attention.

The border left wide open isn't going to do a thing to stop any who fly into Mexico and walk into the USA.

I read on a forum where someone gives regular updates of the MMP that plane tickets were found among the rubble left behind by illegal immigrants. Of course they were turned over to the authorities. It is still a secret whose names are on the tickets or where they were headed. The Minutemen found them.

The Minutemen also find Islam paraphenalia such as prayer cards, prayer rugs, etc. among that same rubble. There are photos on the MMP site. I can't help but wonder: Where are those illegal immigrants? Are they posing as South Americans or Mexicans awaiting their chance?

[BenLurkin]

Hope those two are in a little room somewhere in the basement of interpol

[upchuck]

From the article:

Other intelligence officials say if the two were indeed part of a Qaeda operation, it is no surprise their destination was Mexico City. U.S. officials fear that Latin America, and more particularly Mexico - with its porous U.S. border - may become a staging ground for Al Qaeda.

Gee, if they "fear" it so much, why don't they do something about it.

IMHO, they "fear" the next terrorist attack will be linked to OTMs (other than Mexican) that have entered via Mexico. There's gonna be Hell to pay. Dubya's popularity poll will drop to 10% overnight and the RATS will be laughing all the way to the 2008 election.

What a shame.

[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.

[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