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Glad to see that some of us out here haven't forgotten this story...or how badly it smells. I guess the FBI hasn't been able to doctor the video from the traffic camera suffiently to release it to the public yet like they said they would "when the investigation is complete."

On a related issue...does anyone know where Richard Reid was sitting on the plane when he tried to set off his shoe bomb? I'll bet that it was very close to the wing...where the explosion was seen on flight 587! I said it on the other threads and I'll say it again on this one...Reid was shoe-bomber #2. The first one was on flight 587. Why would someone try to set off a bomb hidden in his shoe in the middle of the passenger compartment instead of in the restroom where he could have locked the door and the other passengers couldn't have stopped him? Because setting it off in the restroom would not gaurantee the destruction of the plane. But set off a few ounces of C4 directly over the fuel tank (near the wing) and if you dont ignite the fuel tank directly, it will at least sever the fuel lines and most likely weaken the structural integrety to the point where the plane will start to break apart.