Great post! I was thinking about the shoe bomber and this Air France episode right before Christmas and look what happened.
terrorist are getting past security and on planes without passports and suspected terrorist are no show’s when we are on to them, sounds like they are getting help from the inside, there has to be a mole or many moles in our security network , we need to single out anyone with access to top secret info , who might be hiding their past, or not have immediate proof of citizenship
DECEMBER 24, 2003 : (NEWS OF US SECURITY CONCERNS WAS LEAKED, BLEW CHANCE TO TRAP TERRORISTS ON FLIGHTS BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE USA) - PARIS — The U.S. government had been hoping to snag some terrorists on flights between Paris and Los Angeles before the flights were canceled and news of security concerns was publicized, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.————— Official: U.S. Hoped To Trap Terrorists Before Cancellations Homeland Security Officials Frustrated News Of ‘Security Concerns’ Got Out - POSTED: 2:05 p.m. EST December 24, 2003 - UPDATED: 6:02 p.m. EST December 24, 2003
3,585 posted on 12/24/2003 4:39:33 PM PST by JustPiper
DECEMBER 26, 2003: (FRANCE : SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR PEOPLE WHO FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR THEIR SCHEDULED FLIGHTS TO LAX— See PARIS, LAX) U.S. investigators are searching for a small number of people who failed to show up at the Paris airport to board flights to Los Angeles that fell under close scrutiny in a possible terrorist plot, a U.S. official said Friday. One of those people was receiving pilot training, but was not yet certified, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Investigators remain interested in talking with those people to ease concerns some passengers aboard those flights might have intended to use them to launch terror attacks against the United States , the official said. —— blog http://www.desert-voice.net/terrorism.htm
DECEMBER 2003 last week : (AEROMEXICO FLIGHT 490 IS CANCELLED DUE TO TERROR THREAT; THERE IS ALSO SOME CONFUSION OVER ISSUE OF LANDING RIGHTS) ... a scheduled U.S.-bound flight from Mexico was canceled because of security concerns.
“The government of Mexico made the decision to cancel Aeromexico Flight 490 after the U.S. government shared threat information with the Mexican government,” Department of Homeland Security spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said.
Previous reports said the plane turned around in midair, but Roehrkasse and Mexican officials said it never took off. Roehrkasse denied that the U.S. government told Mexico it would refuse the plane landing rights.
However Agustin Gutierrez, Mexico’s presidential spokesman, said the flight was canceled after United States authorities said they would refuse to allow it to land. He also said Mexico did not receive convincing information for the cancellation. “The question is what threat?” Gutierrez said. “This question must be answered by Homeland Security. If we are going to have a good climate of cooperation, the least that we can hope for are reasons.”— “U.K. Flight to U.S. Canceled After British Airways Cancels Flight to D.C. a Day After U.S. Authorities Board Its Jet at Dulles Airport,” The Associated Press, January 1, 2004
Isn’t that pretty much how this round of terrorism began, with PanAm Flight 103 over Scotland, just days before Christmas, 1988? 270 killed, including many students returning after their semester abroad; the airline, previously a world leader, never recovered.
The perp spent 8 years in jail, released in Aug 2009 on ‘compassion’ grounds because he had only 3 months to live. 4 months later, as far as anyone knows, he’s alive and well.
The West will never learn.