[HiTech RedNeck]

In other words they picked this plane at random for a drill. Nice to do it on New Year's Eve....

[ClancyJ]

No - they did not pick this plane for a drill.

They had reason to do what they did. I feel they were expecting someone they were really interested in, in flight they found he was not aboard and they are trying to determine where he is or how he plans to come in the country.

A lot of this is to catch suspected terrorists as they try and get in the country but don't expect them to lay it out for us.