[cyncooper]

I understand about our ability to revoke landing rights and such, but since the other countries are agreeing with our intelligence assessment, especially Britain, not questioning it, as France in fact did about the Christmas Eve flights and then it came out there was a legitimate issue---verifies our government is not pulling the issue out of the political pot.

[NittanyLion]

verifies our government is not pulling the issue out of the political pot.

Sure - I agree. I don't think there's political motivation in this; rather I suspect the concern is well-founded on intelligence.

That said, I also suspect the media enjoys presenting the worst case scenario and inciting a bit of hysteria. Good for business... That's why I jumped on the reference to anthrax being contagious at the outset of this article; it's either incredibly poor writing/editing or a deliberate bit of misinformation.