[Capriole]

When the company didn't receive payment on $2,500 worth of merchandise it had delivered, officials called the FBI, which launched an investigation, Gulczynski said.

So does this mean that if his handlers had actually paid for the materials, the FBI wouldn't have been contacted and this loser could have gone on to blow up an aircraft or airport? Now the terrorists have learned a lesson: pay for your stuff and you won't get caught.

[wideawake]

Interesting.

Now that passengers are willing to resist and even kill troublemakers in the cabin, and now that pilots are sealed into their cockpits and inaccessible from the cabin, Al-Qaeda has developed a new strategy - pilot impersonation.

Rather clever - I hope the authorities learn quickly from this new development and takes steps to neutralize this tactic.

Numerous times I have been on flights where the pilot and flight crew were running late, and when they arrived they just ran right onboard with minimal hassle.,p>Perhaps he was hoping on just that kind of lax scrutiny.

[cynicom]

The court...Naughty boy, turn in your uniform and be on your way.

[Maceman]

DVDs titled "Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings,"

Well at least he had an interest in learning how to land.

[clee1]

Maawad has been in the country illegally since 1999...

More to add to the Clinton legacy, I see.

[Piquaboy]

All he would have to have done is pick up a copy of "Flying for Dummies" and he would have been good to go.

[Terabitten]

Maawad has been in the country illegally since 1999, and has used a false Social Security number to enroll in schools and open a bank account, Parker said. He's been working off-the-books for cash at a North Memphis convenience store, and was arrested by Shelby County sheriff's deputies last spring for selling alcohol to a minor.

No, border security isn't a national security issue.

[Rutles4Ever]

Thank God these people are generally idiots. I hasten to recall how Mohammad Atta, in his defining moment, came within minutes of missing his flight... And then there's Moussaoui attempt to learn how to fly planes but not land them...

[Constitution Day]

He needs a one-way ticket to Gitmo. STAT.

[cripplecreek]

That can't be right. An illegal alien connected to what appears to be terrorist related activities? (sarc)

[television is just wrong]

The Prudent elected officials would stop allowing students into the country that are between 18 and 40 and of middle eastern descent.

Foreign exchange students do not collect flight uniforms, and pose as pilots. Use stolen social security numbers and behave in this manner.

When we wake up, we might save this country. We used to be concerned about the majority of the population, now we are only concerned about not discriminating against middle eastern men who are between 18 to 40 and pose a threat against us. Those men are protected under our laws. No sense.

[Hatteras]

"Parker said "we don't know either way" if Maawad is a terrorist or connected to any terror groups. "

Dumb@$$...

[evaporation-plus]

"My school is everything," said Maawad, a clean-shaven man built like a weightlifter. "I stay in this country for seven years; I stay for the school."

No problem here, let's move on!!

[Mr. Jeeves]

After all, he could just be a typical Microsoft Flight Simulator geek who likes to dress up in a captain's uniform while making the JFK-LAX run on his computer. ;)

[Doc Savage]

Summary execution at half-time?

[Boogieman69]

"My school is everything," said Maawad, a clean-shaven man built like a weightlifter

I live in Birmingham, Alabama and last monday 9.11.05 I was at the Gold's working out and there were 3 Middle Eastern guys working out (what caught my eye is one of them had that creepy smug Atta looking face). I kept looking at them the whole time. We also happened to leave at the same time. They were getting in a black Ford (the police car style Ford) with black tinted windows and no license plate. Odds are they aren't terrorist, but the sad thing is they dont even have to worry about getting caught doing silly things like not having a tag. They just get released (if they get caught) and go along their way.

[Gritty]

He's been working off-the-books for cash at a North Memphis convenience store

And one can assume the proprieter of this convenience store will be prosecuted for hiring illegal aliens, tax evasion and thwarting State employment laws, right?

...right??

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...Right!!??

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*crickets chirping*

[ladiesview61]

I don't think humane rules should apply to people like him...I realize this is America and we don't operate like that...but anyone connected to terrorism should be destroyed publicly.

[Rebelbase]

"instructional DVDs, including one called "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act.""

[sticker]

"My school is everything," said Maawad, a clean-shaven man built like a weightlifter. "I stay in this country for seven years; I stay for the school."

Yeah right, it's freaking Tiger High not like it is a real college