[fightinJAG]

Thank you, Judge, for your words of courage and defiance.

Did you freepers see the simulation of what would have happened to the aircraft if Reid had succeeded in getting his shoe lighted? Blasted to smithereens.

I think they had to go with the life sentence in order to get this creep to plead guilty. If he hadn't pled guilty, it would have been pretty hard to prove his intent and the trial would have dragged on forever---which is a security risk in and of itself for all the people involved.

I think the prosecutor, Michael Sullivan, showed a lot of "you-can-kiss-my-royal-Irish" behind by going on television and making a statement about the conviction.

You know, the AQ would love to hit these people with ricin and make it a pattern of murdering anyone who "messes" with them.

[steve-b]

If he hadn't pled guilty, it would have been pretty hard to prove his intent

WTF?? What the hell else would he be doing with shoes full of plastic explosive -- trying to break Michael Jordan's high-jump record?