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Officials: Only A Failed Detonator Saved Northwest Flight
ABC ^ | 12/27/09 | RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS

Posted on 12/27/2009 10:51:27 AM PST by Nachum

Officials now say tragedy was only averted on Northwest flight 253 because a makeshift detonator failed to work properly. Share Man accused of attempt to blow up plane was sent on mission by terror leaders.

Bomb experts say there was more than enough explosive to bring down the Northwest jet, which had nearly 300 people aboard, had the detonator not failed, and the nation's outdated airport screening machines may need to be upgraded.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: acme; detonator; failed; flight; saved; thesystemworked; tm
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To: Nachum

And rank politicization of national security nearly killed them.


41 posted on 12/27/2009 11:31:21 AM PST by nomad
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To: Nachum

The barney fife WH making excuses


42 posted on 12/27/2009 11:33:20 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Nachum

Gol durn it, the press just has to stop changing their minds. They just got through telling me that only Janet Napolitano saved this airplane from disaster. Who needs a silly old detonator thingy when we have Janet from another Planet.

As for screening devices, Janet has saved us once again. The TSA has approved a device that would have easily detected this bomb. Its a millimeter wave radar system built by L3Com (They call it Provision). Its been tested to be far superior to the magnatometers currently in use. Oh wait, it seems that TSA has only a few in limited use in a few airports. It seems that a few people object because it can “see” underneath clothing and we don’t want to offend anyone.


43 posted on 12/27/2009 11:39:06 AM PST by centurion316
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To: nj patriot

Are you kidding me? Napalitano said the system worked?


44 posted on 12/27/2009 11:39:32 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: EGPWS
"Investigators believe Abdulmutallab was connected to al Qaeda by the same radical imam, American-born Anwar Awlaki, who is linked to the American Army major accused of opening fire at Fort Hood in November."

There is an international Muslim conspiracy to kill Americans and Obama's team is doing nothing to stop it.

How's Zero's "no torture" policy looking now? How's it going to look if planes start dropping from the sky, one by one and the guy in captivity knows all about who is behind it?

45 posted on 12/27/2009 11:41:25 AM PST by BigBobber
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To: Nachum

[and the nation’s outdated airport screening machines may need to be upgraded.]

another reason to spend more money we don’t have.....geeeezzzzzz


46 posted on 12/27/2009 11:44:01 AM PST by is_is (VPD of Sgt Dan, Former 2/5 MARINE - "Sleep Well America......Your Marines have your Back")
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To: Nachum
I would REALLY like to know the unadulterated TRUTH about Flight 800.

I strongly suspect a SUCCESSFUL detonator and a similar amount of PETN. Just like richard reede, the shoe bomber (well, almost).

47 posted on 12/27/2009 11:46:24 AM PST by Tahoe3002
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To: kingu

I flew out of Amsterdam, on Continental, a couple of years back, and Continental had additional screening for passengers on the flight to Houston.


48 posted on 12/27/2009 11:48:54 AM PST by Tahoe3002
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To: Nachum
Diversion!

Look behind you. See another Nigerian??? Check him for the “other WMD”.

49 posted on 12/27/2009 11:50:53 AM PST by Battle Axe (Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
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To: BigBobber
Miss George Bush yet?
50 posted on 12/27/2009 11:52:39 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Nachum; Quix; sonofstrangelove; onyx; Velveeta; jhpigott

Great, just great.


51 posted on 12/27/2009 11:54:25 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: hennie pennie

“Only a failed detonator”

....and I’d add the Grace of God.


52 posted on 12/27/2009 11:57:04 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: Beagle8U

bump: no passport


53 posted on 12/27/2009 11:59:41 AM PST by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: Velveeta; appalachian_dweller; Candor7; Quix
Right you are, Velveeta!

It's scary that they were able to do this, and while using someone described by other passengers as being obviously doped up on something.

SCARY.

I still have a nagging 'feeling' that something bigger is in the works, and I sure hope the LEOs catch it in time.

54 posted on 12/27/2009 12:01:53 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Nachum

They have said since 911 that the screening machines needed to be replaced, yet they have only replaced the large airports.

Our freaking Homeland Protection is so predictably, it is no wonder that we haven’t had a thousand of these.

Only because the communication was better and the Terrorists were kept off balance in every country under Bush was this adverted.


55 posted on 12/27/2009 12:05:12 PM PST by dila813
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To: Nachum

The system worked per odumbos coconspirator


56 posted on 12/27/2009 12:10:41 PM PST by italianquaker (odumbo is getting all wee wee d up)
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To: Nachum

Evidently our security system relies on detonators failing.

This fails to reassure.


57 posted on 12/27/2009 12:19:21 PM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: dearolddad
Are you suggesting he should stick his finger in the dyke?

Are you talking about the head of Homeland Security?

58 posted on 12/27/2009 12:23:01 PM PST by sportutegrl (I was for Sarah Palin before being for Sarah was cool.)
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To: Tahoe3002

The initial reports on Flt 800 actually identified the explosive as PETN and said that a device had been detonated over the empty fuel tank, thereby making the vapors explode. About a week later, those stories had disappeared and suddenly the fuel tank had just decided to blow up all by its lonesome.


59 posted on 12/27/2009 12:25:54 PM PST by livius
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Absolutely. God was watching over that flight!


60 posted on 12/27/2009 12:33:13 PM PST by freemama
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