Odds that he's just some poor innocent schlub?
Zero.
Terrorists Directed To Destroy U.S. Corporate Jets
From airliners.net poster - NASCARAirforce
I was at the Oakland County Pontiac Airport (KPTK) today for their annual open house and fly in. I happened to catch a note on the bulletin board in the Executive Terminal/Airport Management office there. It was issued by the FAA to all Airport Managers and Aircraft owners. It said something like this:
There was a letter intercepted written in Arabic that was giving directions for Muslims to target all U.S. registered Corporate Jets and destroy them. It named Learjets and Gulfstreams Specifically. I think it was mainly more for these attacks to happen abroad however and not domestically. It mentioned the reason for going after corporate jets was because they carry important CEOs and U.S. Dignitaries, and recognizing these American jets by their N number. It then gave a list of things to look out for such as suspicious people taking pictures around the airport etc.
My first question is - how come this hasn't hit the media yet? You would think that the propaganda machine would have a field day blowing this out of proportion
Second question is - Are the cops and rent a cops going to go after people even more for writing down N numbers and taking pictures?
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