Posted on 11/16/2006 6:42:56 AM PST by elc
Airport Arrest Turns Up Nuclear Info Nov 16 9:36 AM US/Eastern
A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide. Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an affidavit filed in court.
When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.
At a court hearing Wednesday, Dinssa was ordered held in custody until at least until Monday at the request of prosecutors.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller argued Dinssa was a potential risk to the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his computer more thoroughly, The Detroit News reported Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Donald Scheer approved Feller's request to detain him.
Dinssa, who is from Dallas, arrived in Detroit from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam and was headed for Phoenix, Feller said. He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Detroit Free Press reported.
A message seeking comment was left Thursday with his lawyer, Leroy Soles.
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The old "whack!.... Uh, sir, I pulled you over because your tail light is out, but since your being so cooperative with me today, do you mind if I just take a quick look through your trunk?"
It's none of the Government's business how much money I carry, in or out or around the country..............
Just see what happens when you try to deposit +$10K CASH in any US bank. The tax man will want to ask you some questions.
All goes back to 1913, the 16th ammendment and the loss of a nation from the people.
Please read #53, it was meant for you.
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0902/9.html
Or, his defense of one of the 5 men in Dearborn, Michigan who fraudulently obtained trucking licenses and were going to be hauling dangerous explosive chemicals.
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0902/9.html
Why choose this lawyer? I see no indication this man has ties to Michigan...
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/pen-l/2001m09.4/msg00222.htm
Didn't say it was illegal and maybe not alarming on its own. But it is concerning that a guy is traveling through Detroit from Nigeria carrying large amounts of money, nuke and cyanide information.
But I'm sure he has a perfectly good reason.
I read a article some time back that someone had analysed money, thousands of bills, from all over the US. Other than having every kind of germ/bacteria imaginable, every bill checked had cocaine residue...every bill.
"charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison...
Velcom to see Amerikan Reich! Jawohl
Now THAT is very interesting.
Yeah, I was wondering myself so I did a surname origin search. It came up Ethiopian.
You can absolutely refuse to be searched before boarding an aircraft. The airline will then refuse you boarding. Walking is the only method of travel that is a right not a privilege.
You don't need authorization, but you do have to declare it. (Which means that customs agents can pretty much seize your cash indefinitely.) Even if this guy is clean, he'll likely never see the cash again.
I've been stopped by cops and questioned while walking all by myself............
Good catch on the lawyer's history. One would assume that he was retained prior to the arrest as a safeguard. One would then wonder who else this scumbag lawyer (redundant, I know) has on his 'might call one day' list.
"... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one MAKES them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. ......just pass the the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." - p.411, Ayn Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED, Signet Books, NY, 1957
Rounding error. 18.4K + 59.2K = 77.6K. Round off for 18, 59, and 78.
Just delivering the first payment on the $million that his uncle left in a locked account.
The nuclear stuff was to prove that his uncle was chief of the Nigerian nuclear power installations.
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