Authorities found two 55-gallon containers in truck trying to enter Port of Miami-Dade

Miami Herald ^ | Jan. 07, 2007

[UKrepublican]

Were they empty containers I wonder?

Doesn't make it clear.

[nuconvert]

The news seems to be dribbling out.
We'll have to wait to find out.

[Sherman Logan]

Is this supposed, in itself, to be suspicious?

Do you have any idea how many trucks are driving around the country at any given time with 55-gallon drums in the back?

Heck, I've done it myself a good many times!

[johnny7]

They're OK... they're permanent residents.

[processing please hold]

Were they empty containers I wonder?

Doesn't make it clear.

And maybe won't. If they were of ME descent, their identity will be protected, if not, one story and then it will die. Can't scare the sheeple ya know.

[nuconvert]

Did you have 2 arabs hiding in your cab?

[SoldierDad]

If they were empty then why would they be referred to as suspicious? Banging on an empty 55 gallon drum will instantly tell you they are empty. Of course, not knowing whether a 55 gallon drum is empty or not would preclude someone from wanting to bang on them.

[mdittmar]

Police said when the driver was stopped at the security gate, he appeared nervous and would not make eye contact during questioning, authorities said. The driver said he was alone but police later found two other Middle Eastern nationals hiding in the truck's cab. Also, the driver's manifest indicated he was carrying auto parts, but nothing like that was found in the truck, authorities said.

Nothing to see here,move along.

[nuconvert]

I thought I heard a report that at least one was a fugitive.

[processing please hold]

Homegrown? Have they said what he was carrying in the truck and why he lied about what he was carrying and said he was alone?

[UKrepublican]

They would be considered suspicious because not knowing you don't have two large containers in your truck is pretty suspicious and the description is only that.

I expect this story like the probably hundreds of other stories we have all followed to turn out as nothing significant.

At least I hope so.

[WatchingInAmazement]

She said all three men were lawful U.S. permanent residents and were not listed on a watch list of terror suspects.

Look forward to a LOT more of this. Homeland Security is missing 100,000 resident application files and went ahead and issued them papers anyway. Just the agency we need to administer another guest worker program of 12 to 20 million people.

More Than 100,000 U.S. Government Immigration Files Missing 12/13/2006 10:03:53 AM

The GAO discovered that of the naturalization applications adjudicated in 2005, about 30,000 --or about 4 percent of them -- may have been adjudicated without access to the aliens' files.

An investigation by the Government Accountability Office revealed that the US government processed about 30,000 citizenship applications even though the office of the US Citizenship Immigration Services acknowledged they were missing 110,000 A-Files or alien files.(snip)

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?29ec4761-3182-494b-a1b6-5ef2e6840f0e

[Melinda]

A dry run?

[Brilliant]

My guess is that if they were empty, then it was because the "cargo" had been transferred to the back of the cab.

[FormerACLUmember]

Wow, that didn't take long. The Rats are in power in Congress, for what 5 seconds?, and the IslamoNazis prepare for attack.

[Sherman Logan]

Nahh. I generally strap my Arabs down on the hood.

[processing please hold]

Then he should have said so. Why bring in the FBI? Empty containers are no reason to call them in, the port must get hundreds of situtations a day like the one you described. I don't remember hearing the feds brought into it.

[mware]

If they were empty, I wonder what was in them before that.

[Clioman]

"The driver said he was alone but police later found two other Middle Eastern nationals hiding in the truck's cab."

Damn! How big is this guy's cab, anyway? It takes a multi-cop search to find add'l "Middle East" guys tucked away in there? Maybe somebody ought to put in a call to Dr Who...