Sept. 11 Fake ID Suspect Flees U.S.

AP | 7/31/02

[ventana]

How the hell was he able to get on a plane? Homeland security, yah. V's wife.

[BornOnTheFourth]

That was my first thought, too.

helloooooooooooooooo...

[LurkedLongEnough]

How the hell was he able to get on a plane?

Why, fake id, of course!!!!

[mhking]

How the hell was he able to get on a plane?

Of course - he was Arabic -- can't profile them, it's not politically correct!

[joyful1]

Biometrics would make fake IDs far more difficult, if not impossible.

(These are fighting words for the libetarians. Watch them post and blast within 2 minutes. Their definition of freedom is more important to them then life itself, even our life. Especially our children's lives.)

[ventana]

Duh, but of course!!! V's wife.

[stylin19a]

Can't "profile" you know ! besides, they were too busy strip searching Medal Of Honor winners and blue-haired grannies from Idaho.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Probably had an ID that said he was Usama bin Laden!!!! LOL

[ventana]

Ain't no libertarian, but I am not going for the digital angel stuff Because! of my children. BTW, let the FBI get their act together for God's sakes. I think Mayberry RFD was more effective. What ever happened to the guy they were staking out in North Carolina. Good Grief! Louis Freeh was a turd. V's wife.

[Alberta's Child]

There's no reason why the U.S. could not exert pressure on Egypt to send this bastard back.

I remember a case a few years back involving a diplomat from the former Soviet republic of Georgia who was involved in a fatal drunk-driving accident in Washington, D.C. He fled the country under the protection of "diplomatic immunity," and the U.S. technically had no recourse in terms of prosecuting him.

I don't know what kind of pressure was put on the Georgian government, but eventually they not only sent him back for trial, but they also offered to send him back in 20 different FedEx packages.

[weikel]

Death comes to us all. I prefer it to living a miserable life of slavery( Middle School was close enough to slavery for me to say yes I would rather die then ever go back to anything like that ever again).

[DocCincy]

Authorities raided his home and business Wednesday afternoon and were told Atriss had took a flight from Newark to Egypt earlier that morning, Speziale said.

Perhaps 'had taken' would be better? Sheesh! In addition to being flaming libs all, these freaking 'journalists' (using the term loosely) can't even grasp the fundamentals of good grammar.

[Sabertooth]

He was tipped off. The FBI is apparently compromised.

[per loin]

apparently left on a flight to Egypt hours before authorities raided his home and businesses

Sounds like he had a good info source among the "authorities".

[CholeraJoe]

they were too busy strip searching Medal Of Honor winners

That would be Medal of Honor recipients. One recipient said, "If it had been a contest, I wouldn't have entered."

[Mitchell]

How did he have advance warning of the raid?
Is there a mole in the FBI?

[BOBTHENAILER]

He was tipped off. The FBI is apparently compromised.

Told you so.

[Kozak]

Biometrics would make fake IDs far more difficult, if not impossible. (These are fighting words for the libetarians. Watch them post and blast within 2 minutes. Their definition of freedom is more important to them then life itself, even our life. Especially our children's lives.)

So quick to sell out your liberty for the illusion of safety, now what wise man said that?

People were real safe in the Soviet Union. You sound like you would have loved living there, all cozy and safe.

[The KG9 Kid]

It's all "for the chiiiilll-dren" with you, innit?