Sharp dressed man and flight 253: what was left out of the story? (MSM sheltering Obama?)

You’ve heard by now the Haskell story right? In case you haven’t let’s start there. Kurt Haskell is an attorney. He and his wife were in Amsterdam that day after a safari and Kurt witnessed the underwear bomber (Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab) before the flight being aided by what Haskell described to be an older Indian gentleman who was well dressed.

[...] Mr. Haskell recalled that just before being questioned about the sharp dressed man incident a man was pulled into a room, handcuffed, and detained by authorities. Who was he? Why was he detained? Is there any relevance to the story?

Haskell described the man as being a much younger Indian man. After the incident authorities asked the passengers to move to another location. Obviously it was a big deal. Surely the larger media outlets could find out who this man was and what he was detained for. According to Haskell the authorities then told the passengers that obviously they had a problem. The passengers were then told they could figure out what was going on but nothing more. Something doesn’t smell right and it’s not the underwear bomb...

still doesn’t prove he had anything more than drugs in the bag, pax could have been moved becuse the rest of the bags were not searched not because of what they found in the mans bag

still doesn’t prove he had anything more than drugs in the bag, pax could have been moved becuse the rest of the bags were not searched not because of what they found in the mans bag

Then why'd you ask? Balding_eagle was kind enough to provide a link that answers the question you posed and you argue it's not "proof?" Of course it's not proof. But it is compelling eyewitness testimony that strongly favors a conclusion of explosives rather than drugs. Yes, passengers “could have” been moved for any number of reasons we could pluck from thin air. Maybe it wasn’t safe because of asbestos in the ceiling or maybe the man in orange had ringworm. Maybe the FBI agent is a psychotic liar having a little sick fun when he made the not-so oblique comment that the safety issue was directly related to the man taken into custody. In light of several key points in the eyewitness’s detailed (and corroborated) account, however, a plain reading of the events along with the comment from the FBI agent points to explosives.

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