I don't believe our Feds are that incompetent but I do believe ABC is not telling the whole story in this case. Just another MSM get the feds story.
".......the missing Egyptian may help explain why air marshals acted as they did".
The air marshalls do not have to explain why they acted as they did....it is exactly what they are trained to do.
"WTF .. why did they release him ???"
Before they notified the FBI. TATB is not something you get on your shoes just walking around town. This goat-humper is up to something for sure.
I was thinking that TSA fouled up on this, then Strategy Page commented today on terrorists using the mentally unstable:
"Terrorists have long taken advantage of the mentally ill to carry out suicide bomb attacks. As unreliable as a mentally ill person can be, terrorist groups have developed ways around that. But for counter-terrorism organizations, unbalanced persons pretending to be terrorists are more often encountered than real terrorists."
In Iraq they keep finding (pieces of) more disabled sucicide bombers, so maybe this indeed make tragic sense.
Federal officials say the man's shoes are remarkably similar to those used by shoe bomber Richard Reid, who attempted to blow up an American Airlines jet over the Atlantic four years ago.
The Egyptian man's destination was Des Moines, Iowa, sources say, and he claimed he was a student at Iowa State University, in Ames.
Strangely, after holding him overnight, airport security in New York released him. The FBI was notified after he was released. Now the FBI has put out a nationwide alert.
Interesssssssssssting how Iowa State Univ. keeps popping up, isn't it?
I don't know if the last sentence below was in the ABC article yesterday...maybe ABC added it today (FBI probably gave them a call):
"After holding him overnight, airport security in New York released him. The FBI was notified after he was released and put out a nationwide alert. FBI officials confirmed that the man's story was true and that he was not a threat."
"Strangely, after holding him overnight, airport security in New York released him."
Not "strangely". "Incompetently" or "negligently".
UPDATE...
Note The following text is a quote:
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http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/egytiandetention120805.htm
Press Release
December 8, 2005
Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
On December 2, 2005, an Egyptian male was detained by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials while passing through a security checkpoint at JFK Airport in New York City. Preliminary field testing of the individual's shoes showed a positive hit for explosive materials being contained in the shoes. The shoes were confiscated by TSA officials and turned over to the FBI for further analysis.
Analysis of the shoes was performed at the FBI Laboratory and it was determined that no explosive materials were present in the passenger's shoes. This individual was also interviewed by Special Agents of the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Waterloo, Iowa, and it was determined that he poses no security threat.
I'm thinking if the incident in Miami didn't happen we would never have found out about this NY incident, interestin', beddy interestin' indeed.
did they release him WITH THE SHOES TOO???