Those right-wing extremists are at it again. “New York-bound flight from Egypt diverted after threat,” from the Associated Press, June 15 (thanks to Mona): CAIRO — British fighter aircraft escorted a plane from Cairo bound for New York to an emergency landing in the U.K. after a passenger discovered a letter onboard threatening to blow […]
Obama’s DoJ allowed terrorists to fly on commercial airplanes in U.S.
They were in the witness protection program — which is news in itself — but the Justice Department didn’t give their names to those who actually keep dangerous people from flying. Funny how all of Obama’s mistakes go in the same direction. He never makes one in favor of conservatives, or civil liberties, or free […]
Muslim with altered Saudi passport and pressure cooker arrested at Detroit Metro Airport
Pressure cooker bombs were used in the Boston Marathon jihad bombing. “Saudi traveler with pressure cooker arrested at Detroit Metro Airport,” by Tresa Baldas for the Detroit Free Press, May 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): Federal agents arrested a suspicious traveler with an altered Saudi Arabian passport at Detroit Metro Airport over […]
DHS to extend “trusted traveler” status to Saudi passengers, allowing them to skip normal passport controls
15 of the 19 were Saudis What could possibly go wrong? “DHS questioned over decision to let Saudi passengers skip normal passport controls,” from FoxNews.com, March 20 (thanks to Lookmann): A Department of Homeland Security program intended to give “trusted traveler” status to low-risk airline passengers soon will be extended to Saudi travelers, opening the […]
Close down the TSA! TSA screeners allow fed agent with fake bomb to pass through security at Newark Airport
The TSA is not only incompetent, as this story shows. It is also always playing catch-up, always prohibiting the last thing jihadis used to try to blow up an airplane (which is why you still have to take off your shoes in the security line), but meanwhile, the jihadis have moved on to something else […]
Now the TSA will allow small knives and golf clubs onto flights
Don’t be concerned. The jihadis will have to shout “Fore!” before braining someone with a club. Ultimately, these endless restrictions and relaxations and new restrictions and new relaxations in airline security are meaningless. A determined jihadi will find some way to thwart air security measures. The TSA is always one step behind the jihadis, restricting […]
More TSA follies: Bomb squad called in at Atlanta airport over battery-powered toothbrush
The Council on American-Dentistry Relations has issued an outraged press release calling for an investigation of toothbrushophobia at high levels of the TSA. More TSA follies here and here and here. Close down the TSA! “Battery-powered toothbrush prompts airport scare: A bomb squad responded,” from the Associated Press, January 4 (thanks to Maxwell): ATLANTA (AP) […]
India: Muslim terrifies air passengers by “raising Islamic slogans while threatening to harm the aircraft”
Doubtless he was just elated over Obama’s reelection and getting a bit over-exuberant. The passengers were greasy Islamophobes for not taking his “Islamic slogans” as declarations of peace. “Mid-air scare: Man turns violent on Mumbai-Delhi flight, raises Islamic slogans,” from TNN, November 8: NEW DELHI: In what was described by a frequent flyer as the […]
Nigeria: Airline passengers subdue man who stood up and began screaming “Allahu akbar”
Clearly they were Islamophobes cravenly interfering with the man’s prayers. “Terror scare: Arik passengers wrestle man mid-air,” by Everest Amaefule for Punch, October 24 (thanks to Chimmy): Passengers and crew of an Abuja-bound aircraft belonging to Arik Air were thrown into panic on Tuesday when a passenger behaving in a strange manner stood up and […]
Chicago-based Muslim convicted of funneling money to jihadis stuck in Egypt, claims he’s on terrorist watch list by mistake
Suburban man He’s just a “suburban man,” says the Chicago Sun-Times, but in 2005, a Daily Southtown story said this: Prosecutors told a federal appeals court Tuesday that Enaam Arnaout, the imprisoned leader of a now-defunct Palos Hills-based Muslim charity, should have been dealt with as a terrorist and sentenced to much more time behind […]