Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again? (New Story) Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again?

Women's Wall Street.com ^ | 7/19/04 | Annie Jacobsen

[jimbo123]

Part II of Mr. Jacobsen's story.

[jimbo123]

Make that Mrs. Jacobsen's story.

[Dog]

And I now have another important question... Is there a link between my experience on flight #327 and the arrest of Ali Mohamed Almosaleh by customs agents at the Minneapolis Airport on July 7 (approximately one week after my flight)? Almosaleh was traveling from Damascus, Syria, to Minneapolis on KLM/Northwest Airlines. According to CNN.com, Agents found Almosaleh to be carrying what they described as a suicide note and DVDs containing anti-American material.

What if this guy was one of the 14 sent back on a different flight.

[Redbob]

"I think about the meaning of dry run. And then I think about what it means to be politically correct. And I keep coming up blank."

Maybe Mrs. Jacobsen needs some formal training in rational thought,

[marblehead17]

ping

[TomGuy]

Gary Boettcher, Member, Board of Directors, Allied Pilots Association, said, Folks, I am a Captain with a major airline. I was very involved with the Arming Pilots effort. Your reprint of this airborne event is not a singular nor isolated experience. The terrorists are probing us all the time.

According to Mark Bogosian, B-757/767 pilot for American Airlines, The incident you wrote about, and incidents like it, occur more than you like to think. It is a 'dirty little secret' that all of us, as crew members, have known about for quite some time.

This brings us to the heart of the matter -- political correctness. Political correctness has become a major road block for airline safety. From what I've now learned from the many emails and phone calls that I have had with airline industry personnel, it is political correctness that will eventually cause us to stand there wondering, How did we let 9/11 happen again?

More on PC showed up in this thread this morning: Political correctness

[jimbo123]

http://www.washingtondispatch.com/opinion/article_9581.shtml

Many have already labeled Annie Jacobsen as a paranoid racist. I spoke with her by telephone at her home on Sunday night, “I have ignored the negatives and am determined to concentrate on the positives.” She continued, “I write financial articles for Womens Wall Street and print publications. I don’t want this to turn into liberal versus conservative, I just wanted to get the story out.” But it has been tough. No major ‘old media’ outlet picked up the story after it ran, it really only grew legs when James Toranto of the “Best of the Web Today” led with it on Friday. The ‘new media’ of Internet blogs then jumped at the story and according to Ms. Jacobsen that has resulted in “over 2 million visits to the Womens Wall Street website over the weekend.” The ‘old media’ is catching up, as she and her husband will appear on NBC Nightly News on Monday and also Good Morning America on Tuesday. She is also scheduled on Scarborough Country on MSNBC on Monday night.

[Egon]

Ping II.

[ecurbh]

Part 2 ping.

[Dog]

This story is toxic to the old media.

[jimbo123]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/

TONIGHT ON TV
'Scarborough Country'

Monday, 10 p.m. ET
Are Terrorists experimenting with a deadly new plan in America's skies? This woman says she saw it in action on her flight. Her story on a special Scarborough Country Tonight. 'Scarborough Country' regularly airs 10 p.m. ET weeknights. Also airs 3 a.m. ET

[jimbo123]

For some reason, I believe our administration asked big media to hold off on moving with this story until today. Drudge is quiet. Fox News is quiet. Something's up.

[Spok]

If the mainstream media has taken an interest in this story, they're figuring out a pro-Kerry spin for it, perhaps to criticize this administration's security efforts. If they can't trash GWB or someone connected to the administration, they won't pursue it.

[Badeye]

Hmmmm. A reason to watch Scarborough?

Okay.

[gathersnomoss]

Must See TV!

[Tamzee]

Major networks and liberal mainstream newspapers will give this as little attention as they can get away with...

... it makes John "the threat of terrorism is exaggerated" Kerry look like a moron.

[jimbo123]

Brokaw tonight. And Diane Sawyer tomorrow morning, too.

[Taquito]

They played at a wedding in the middle of nowhere in Iraq and got bombed by an American plane.


(I hope)

[iceskater]

Do you have a link to part I? Somehow I missed it.

[NavySEAL F-16]

Calling Norm Mineta! Calling Norm Mineta!