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Man Arrested at Airport with Box Cutter Hidden in Notebook PC (My Title)
Imus in the Morning Radio Program | 10/29/01

Posted on 10/29/2001 5:16:07 AM PST by rogers21774

Just reported on Imus in the Morning. A man was arrested at an airport (I didn't catch which one, maybe Pittsburg) with a box cutter hidden in his lap top computer.

The man had an expired student visa.


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Sorry I don't have more details. I'm trying to find more info.
1 posted on 10/29/2001 5:16:07 AM PST by rogers21774
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He was a twenty one year old Lebanese man on an expired student visa. He was arrested at the Pittsburgh airport.
2 posted on 10/29/2001 5:19:05 AM PST by Dane
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To: Dane
Arrested this morning?
3 posted on 10/29/2001 5:19:53 AM PST by OWK
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To: rogers21774
And I also heard, he was a middleastern man....
4 posted on 10/29/2001 5:20:07 AM PST by b4its2late
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To: Dane
The box cutter was found during a routine baggage check.
5 posted on 10/29/2001 5:20:38 AM PST by rogers21774
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To: xsmommy
Ping.
6 posted on 10/29/2001 5:21:05 AM PST by hobbes1
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To: OWK
Arrested this morning?

I am surmising that it was yesterday or Saturday. The Pittsburgh radio stations had it as their lead story this morning.

7 posted on 10/29/2001 5:21:41 AM PST by Dane
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Dumb plan . . . they're checking laptops especially thoroughly, or at least they're supposed to.
8 posted on 10/29/2001 5:21:47 AM PST by motexva
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To: OWK
yes.. arrested this morning
9 posted on 10/29/2001 5:21:51 AM PST by rogers21774
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To: rogers21774
"The man had an expired student visa."

Personally I think the FBI should begin by going into every college and checking "student visas". If you don't have it your out on the next jet back to where you came from. This includes professors also.

10 posted on 10/29/2001 5:22:41 AM PST by patriot_wes
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If he was gonna hide something, why not hide a real knife? Must be Homer Bin Laden........
11 posted on 10/29/2001 5:22:59 AM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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We've not seen these folks operate alone - where are his cohorts?
12 posted on 10/29/2001 5:23:35 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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How could a terrorist be so stupid? How could a non-terrorist be so stupid? Wonder what this means?
13 posted on 10/29/2001 5:24:06 AM PST by Loopy
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To: OWK
He was arrested yesterday,

Link to Pittsburgh Tribune story,

Here

14 posted on 10/29/2001 5:24:54 AM PST by Dane
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To: Leroy S. Mort
Homer bin Laden

FOFL !

15 posted on 10/29/2001 5:24:57 AM PST by tomkat
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To: patriot_wes
Agreed. I want EVERYONE who is here illegally sent back home immediately.
16 posted on 10/29/2001 5:25:21 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: rogers21774
Perhaps he was given a mission to test security, and report back to someone. Perhaps he wasn't given any more information about a potential plan, so he couldn't rat out anyone.

Very odd, in any case. Don't these people know how much more difficult it will be to hijack a plane now? Unless their plan is to just kill people on airplanes, which will be pretty hard, as well.

17 posted on 10/29/2001 5:25:26 AM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell
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To: anniegetyourgun
We've not seen these folks operate alone - where are his cohorts?

Maybe he is just one of those guys that always shows up late for stuff???

19 posted on 10/29/2001 5:26:43 AM PST by bluecollarman
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To: rogers21774
The story clearly says the box cutter was hidden in his PC case.
20 posted on 10/29/2001 5:27:21 AM PST by Glenn
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