Of course, we’re not allowed to notice such things. Good thing “the system worked,” according to Janet Napolitano . . . even though a known watchlisted radical was able to board a U.S.-bound airplane wearing explosives.
The only reason why 300 people aren’t dead is because of a faulty detonator.
Heckuva job, Janet.
David K.
Maybe if we had just helped them transfer that money of theirs instead of ignoring their e-mails they wouldn’t be so angry.
Perhaps Detroit staged it all as part of an insurance-fraud scheme. Get some arab patsy to burn down Detroit, collect the insurance money and run for Canada!
Sandy Underpants
Do American TSA workers screen passengers in Holland? Any time I’m travelling internationally most of the screening process is a total joke. Greece, Thailand and Belize being the places that stand out most notably. How much responsibility for this security lapse falls on Americans shoulders? I’m asking, I really don’t know.
trooperbari
I think it depends on where you go, Sandy. Indonesia is an utter joke (sometimes the metal detectors aren’t even on!), but when I’ve flown through Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan the screening was pretty stringent.
DHS might take some heat for this. On the other hand, he was only on the watch list (as opposed to the no-fly list), and keeping someone out of the country with only their father’s accusation of being “radicalized” as evidence would be a stretch.
David K.
We need some basic sensible security, and then we just need to accept the risks. Based on the past 10 years, I could get on 20 random U.S. flights and I’d STILL have had a better chance of being struck AND KILLED by lightning than being killed in a terrorist attack. Heck I probably HAVE been on atleast that many US flights.
So instead of stupid do nothing policies like not getting up in the last hour of the flight, lets figure out what we CAN reasonably do, and all learn to accept that in life there are SOME risks and unless we all fly in prison style jumpsuits supplied by the airlines while strapped down and drugged, there is a minute chance that some moron like this MIGHT eventually do more than set his pants on fire. It’ll suck, but then, life can suck sometimes. The alternative is to wall ourselves into bunkers and stop living our lives. I’m not fond of bunkers.
I’m sure plenty of Muslims are going to Dearborn.
Of course, we’re not allowed to notice such things. Good thing “the system worked,” according to Janet Napolitano . . . even though a known watchlisted radical was able to board a U.S.-bound airplane wearing explosives.
The only reason why 300 people aren’t dead is because of a faulty detonator.
Heckuva job, Janet.
Maybe if we had just helped them transfer that money of theirs instead of ignoring their e-mails they wouldn’t be so angry.
As if Detroit doesn’t have enough issues.
Perhaps Detroit staged it all as part of an insurance-fraud scheme. Get some arab patsy to burn down Detroit, collect the insurance money and run for Canada!
Do American TSA workers screen passengers in Holland? Any time I’m travelling internationally most of the screening process is a total joke. Greece, Thailand and Belize being the places that stand out most notably. How much responsibility for this security lapse falls on Americans shoulders? I’m asking, I really don’t know.
I think it depends on where you go, Sandy. Indonesia is an utter joke (sometimes the metal detectors aren’t even on!), but when I’ve flown through Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan the screening was pretty stringent.
DHS might take some heat for this. On the other hand, he was only on the watch list (as opposed to the no-fly list), and keeping someone out of the country with only their father’s accusation of being “radicalized” as evidence would be a stretch.
We need some basic sensible security, and then we just need to accept the risks. Based on the past 10 years, I could get on 20 random U.S. flights and I’d STILL have had a better chance of being struck AND KILLED by lightning than being killed in a terrorist attack. Heck I probably HAVE been on atleast that many US flights.
So instead of stupid do nothing policies like not getting up in the last hour of the flight, lets figure out what we CAN reasonably do, and all learn to accept that in life there are SOME risks and unless we all fly in prison style jumpsuits supplied by the airlines while strapped down and drugged, there is a minute chance that some moron like this MIGHT eventually do more than set his pants on fire. It’ll suck, but then, life can suck sometimes. The alternative is to wall ourselves into bunkers and stop living our lives. I’m not fond of bunkers.