That makes sense- al Qaeda .... err, isolated extremists.... obviously intend to only bomb flights landing in America, not those departing
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Who is running the TSA while bambi surfs? His protocol chief?
Of COURSE they won’t tell other flights and pilots about this! If they did, there MIGHT have been some discrimination taking place and some poor terrorists might have had his feelings hurt by extra scrutiny! How offensive!
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Didn’t I hear Obama say that all flights in progress were notified of the attempted attack.
So another lie from this poseur.
even a “flash” report on whatever was known at the time of the incident would have alerted in-bound transatlantic flights of potential trouble on more than just the Delta flight.
Supposedly, 25 terrorists are in training now for similar airborn attacks that are planned for a “spectacular attack,” perhaps as early as January 1, 2010.
BO Plenty should fire Homeland Security Secretary immediately to indicate that he is serious (doubtful) about airline security.
Bring back profiling of swarthy looking Muslims, especially those who smell of perfume or aftershave lotion: a sure sign of suicide bombers.
Face it, the system failed, miserably, and it failed at the most critical juncture. As with most problems in life the the nearer a fix for a problem is to the source of the problem the simpler it is, and the more likely it is to work. This problem was solved at its most distant point from the source, and nothing short of an Act of God saved the day.
Had the rule been: Don't let anyone on a flight without very careful scrutiny, search and vetting, who has bought a ticket with cash (especially a one-way ticket), checked no baggage, has no passport and has to be talked on board by a smooth talking well-dressed older gentleman of a different ethnicity, and chosen one of several seats on the flight that could be considered structurally critical to the operation of the aircraft.
Any one of these should result in immediate flagging of the passenger. Two of them should set off alarms all over the place and three or more should have resulted in detaining the passenger on the spot. This man was a walking time bomb, even with the faulty detonation device or process and was an immediate danger to anyone within several yards.
Why do we have to make it so complicated? Notice NONE of the flags outlined above has anything to do with profiling the person, just the behavior. It doesn't have to be a racial or religious or ethnic thing.
The conventional wisdom now is that they won't be trying this method again since we are hip to their jive, but I would be good money they feel even more confident now the plan can be used after a short period of time. We don't learn a lot from our mistakes, and what we do learn we tend for forget very quickly. How many times have these points been stressed as danger signs, and yet here's a guy who fits every danger signal on the list and he's packing a Christmas present for the Great Satan. So much for learning from our mistakes.
Give it a week or a month and it will be right back like it was. It's been almost a week already and not one head has rolled in response to the mistakes that were made. As long as the response to as blatant a failure as this is finger pointing instead of rolling heads nothing’s going to change.
The concept of the TSA was doomed from the git-go. And talk about slow learners, now we're two votes away from having this same bunch run our health care!
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