[TomGuy]

Amazing, considering how the "first day" reports, when Reid was apprehended by passengers and flight crew, blabbered that he was a lone wacko with no connections to terrorists and the "incident" was an isolated event.

[ez]

from CNN...

Security firm warned of shoe bomb suspect

Officials: Tests find plastic explosives in shoes

December 26, 2001 Posted: 1450 GMT

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A security firm at the Paris airport told French authorities on two different days that the shoe bomb suspect should be screened further, the president of the firm told CNN Tuesday.

(snip) Government sources said Reid, who identified himself as a convert to Islam, has a British mother and a Jamaican father. New Scotland Yard and French authorities said he is a British citizen.

U.S. law enforcement authorities have found no connection between the man and any terrorist groups, sources said.

[Yaelle]

Also, remember that there was some "comfort" to the masses upon Reid's arrest that he was NOT Arab. Combine that with the recent female Palestinian suicide bomber and you have the next strategy for the air terrorists: avoid the young male Arab profile. If there are any more Johnny (or Jenny!) bin Walkers out there, they will be pressed into service. While everyone is made to remove shoes, the new terrorist will no doubt have the explosives in his/her belt or underwear. We should have explosive-sniffing dogs at every airport checkpoint.

[eno_]

If you look up the FR threads, the same shills that were saying Reid was a "lone nut" are the same ones saying AA587 blew up spontaneously, and that have drunk deep of the "domestic anthrax" Kool-Aid. At least they are are a consistent and reliable indicator.