Posted on 05/31/2007 6:54:32 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
...we are awash in government studies, reports and other data which make clear that nearly six years after September 11, the government bureaucracies that are supposed to keep out terrorists are in many ways as incompetent and dysfunctional as they were before...
A newly released report from the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about the government's handling of 13 suspicious passengers on a June 29, 2004, Northwest Airlines flight serves as a reminder of why so many Americans are rightly skeptical of Washington's ability to manage a mass-amnesty program... The report, which details what happened on the flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles, confirms eyewitness accounts describing suspicious behavior on the part of 12 Syrian musicians before and during the flight.
Initially, Homeland Security officials tried to downplay its seriousness and suggested that other passengers had overreacted. But the report corroborates the passengers' accounts and suggests that what took place was a dry run for a terrorist attack...The report raises disturbing questions about the handling of the case by several agencies: Homeland Security, the Federal Air Marshal Service and the Citizenship and Immigration Services, which will play the lead role in overseeing the amnesty program for illegals...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
A full accountable government agency ? Now there’s an idea.
As they have with every other incident, unless it’s so glaringly obvious they can’t lie about it with a straight face. Remember, they even tried to downplay the shoebomber at first.
Here is a link to the story this is based on:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842029/posts
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "SECOND PASSENGER SAW SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR" by Audrey Hudson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The second passenger, a frequent business traveler who asked not to be identified, provided a copy of her itinerary confirming she was on the June 29 Northwest Airlines Detroit-to-Los Angeles Flight 327, which was disrupted by 14 Syrian passengers later identified as musicians. The passenger, who was riding in first class, said the constant foot traffic and strange behavior she witnessed in the front cabin frightened her as much as it did Annie Jacobsen, the first passenger who publicly reported the incident. "I thought I was going to die," the second passenger told The Washington Times.") (July 30, 2004)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "SYRIAN MUSIC STAR SINGS PRAISE OF SUICIDE BOMBERS" by Audrey Hudson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Syrian singer of a band that was detained by the FBI's Terrorism Task Force for suspicious activity during a recent flight to Los Angeles has written about the "glorification" of suicide bombers to liberate Palestine. Singer Nour Mehana's latest album includes the song "Um El Shaheed," or "Mother of a Martyr," said Aluma Dankowitz of the Middle East Media Research Institute. (July 29, 2004)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "SYRIANS FLEW WITH EXPIRED VISAS" by Audrey Hudson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Washington Times reported last week that flight crews and air marshals say terrorists are testing airline security and conducting probes, and cited several incidents including the one involving the musicians that set off alarms with security officials. Since the report, several other pilots and marshals have come forward and confirmed that groups of men are conducting what looks like dry runs for a terrorist attack.") (June 27, 2004)
Bump into the present, as this is most certainly still the case:
“...we are awash in government studies, reports and other data which make clear that nearly six years after September 11, the government bureaucracies that are supposed to keep out terrorists are in many ways as incompetent and dysfunctional as they were before...”
United flight 227 / Denver / 12.09.09
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/unitedflight227/index
Airtran flight 297 / Atlanta / 11.17.09
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/airtranflight297/index
This after the flying imams won $$$ for similar actions
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/flyingimams/index
Thanks Cyn for the ping.
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