[Dave S]

The person that "didn't know he was Arab" was the control manager 1000 miles away. This was previously addressed by someone else. You're totally clueless.

Really? Mr Control Manager, this is the pilot of AA flight #xx. I have armed individual here who says he is a secret service agent. He has a photo ID but i have some reservations about boarding him. How can I confirm his identity. His name is Wallid Shattner. Oh by the way can you send me all the pictures AA has of foreign terrorists. The Control Manager had no clue the agent was middle eastern in appearance? Same as Clinton didnt inhale and it depends on what the meaning of is, is. Dont blame us if we dont buy their drivel.

[DeckTheHallsHolly]

What good would calling have done. Yes, an agent could have been scheduled to flight. But how could a phone call help ID a person. A terrorist could have assumed the agent's idenity. If the guy could not fill out the paperwork right three times and had an attitude problem (could have been pissed that infidels were keeping him from doing Allah's business) who is to say he was the real agent. The real agent could have been locked up dead in the trunk of a car. Without a face to face ID by someone who knew the agent a phone call would be useless. Yes the agent did turn out to who he said he was he also appears to be a jerk with a gun too.

[UberVernunft]

"The person that "didn't know he was Arab" was the control manager 1000 miles away. This was previously addressed by someone else. You're totally clueless."

Really?

In the post I was responding to, the poster was confusing the pilot and the control manager. The control manager may have inferred that the agent in question was Arab, but this is a different issue.