AP source: Unlikely that 2 men plotting terror

AP ^ | 8/31/2010 | AP

[mainsail that]

WASHINGTON – The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men's luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.

[mainsail that]

"Kip Hawley, the former Transportation Security administrator, said it is not unusual to find items like watches and cell phones bound together on flights to countries like Yemen"

"It is not unusual for people to carry large amounts of cash when they travel to Third World countries."

At least the second part is true, a lot of cash is sent back home this way.

[Ender Wiggin]

“it is not unusual to find items like watches and cell phones bound together “

Ya and how about cells taped to bottles of bismuth subnitrate slurry?

[Don Corleone]

Wanna buy a bridge...toll booth included?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

You have got to be kidding me........

[the_Watchman]

O.K. And what about the box cutters?

[fatnotlazy]

Move along...nothing to see here.

This political correctness is going to get a lot of people killed.

[NativeNewYorker]

I always pack Pepto taped to my cel phone. What’s the big deal?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Yeah, I always tape my cell phone to my Pepto-Bismol. SOP in international travel.

How stupid do these people think we are?

[A_Former_Democrat]

LOL . .The AP:

Terrorists aren’t really terrorists

Tea Partyers are racists

[Paladin2]

No Jihad to see here. Move along....

[Da Coyote]

And folks wonder why no one believes the govt and the MSM.

What are we gonna do with the IQ flunkouts when we eliminate govt and journalism jobs?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I always pack Pepto taped to my cel phone. What’s the big deal?
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I always carry some trusty box cutters, too. You know.....’just in case’. (heavy sarcasm)

[Diogenesis]

One gathers that the dry run was successful in every
way imaginable including a proven-docile myopic TSA
protected by a compliant pro-terrorist media.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG DEPT.:

"SCARY But Ignored: Terrorist Spies Successfully Infiltrated Top Classified US Cyber-Files
in March, a TSA employee was allowed to remain at his computer–
and inserted a virus–after he knew his TSA employment was terminated."

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"USB Stick May Have Contributed to Deadly Plane Crash
A corrupted USB stick contributed to Spain's worst air disaster on record,
according to a 12,000-page report cited by the Spanish newspaper El Pais and USA Today.
It was initially believed that the crash of Flight 5022 that killed 154 people in 2008
was the result of pilot error, but investigators have now concluded that
a computer infection spread through an infected USB stick may have contributed to the crash."

[rockabyebaby]

Aw come on now, cellphones taped to pepto bismal, box cutters, large amounts of money, seriously, no need to worry, no terrorist attack concerns here, no siree Bob, nothing to worry about......../SARC OFF

[null and void]

How stupid do these people think we are?

"We" elected 0bama.

How stupid are "we"?

[a fool in paradise]

This is the same corrupt administration that denied the Ft. Hood shooting was terrorism related and calls it “workplace violence”.

[Doogle]

This political correctness is going to get a lot of people killed.

..it already has......

[riri]

Well, there we have it. The system worked.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We should kill them to be sure.

If we can save just one life, it will be worth it.

[Spok]

The AP is dutifully parroting our Islam loving president and covering for Islamic terrorists. To thinking folks, their collective credibility is so low they really needn’t bother-we know it’s all spin and garbage.