Yes they have, let people board a plane with possible terroristic rehearsal items. So a bottle of Pepto- Bismol taped to a cell phone could not do anything, so let them board the plane. Do not question them, not necessary. Come on give us all a break!!! OF COURSE QUESTION THESE PEOPLE!! I do not want to hear anything about racial profiling, this was a no brainer. Why do we need to spend money on an ineffective TSA. Let us hire people who one, give a damn and two know something about security.
Now the government of course is back peddling. From the New York Times:
“You go into these situations with an open mind, but the facts never really supported a suspicion of terrorism,” said one law enforcement official, speaking of the continuing investigation on condition of anonymity. He said news accounts of the detentions, set off by an initial report by ABC News on Monday night, had made a sensation of what was really routine checking by counterterrorism investigators.
The American officials spoke as Dutch prosecutors said the two men, both Yemeni citizens, remained in custody “on suspicion of a conspiracy to a terrorist criminal act.” Prosecutors said it might be several days before a decision is made to charge or release them.
A search of Mr. Soofi by airport security screeners in Birmingham, Ala., as he waited to board a flight to Chicago on Sunday found that he was carrying $7,000 in cash and that his luggage contained a cellphone taped to a bottle of Pepto-Bismol, three cellphones taped together and several watches taped together, officials said.
“The items were not deemed to be dangerous in and of themselves,” said Amy Kudwa, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, and Mr. Soofi was permitted to fly on to Chicago”.
How many more 9-11’s have to happen before we get tough and admit there are people out there who want nothing more than to kill Americans?
El Al Airlines has it right. Interview passengers. They do not worry about profiling; they worry about the safety of their passengers’ period. And they get it right. When will this government take a lesson and get it right too?`
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Hey Vince, right on. I suppose he told the TSA Agent that this was totally innocent. He had merely set his cell phone for an alarm notification and had it taped to his Pepto bottle to remind him to take it. Sounds logical to me...
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