Daniel Pipes investigates “Zacarias Moussaoui’s Plan of Attack” in Frontpage: Zacarias Moussaoui, 36, a French national of Algerian origins, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2005, to six counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism. He says he intended to take part in a post-9/11 air attack on the White House. “I came to the United States […]
Annie Jacobsen Gets a Visit from the Feds
Annie Jacobsen is the author of “Terror in the Skies.” Here she recounts a visit from the Feds. From Women’s Wall Street, with thanks to Jimmy The LGFer: The four federal agents showed up exactly on time, in a rented green mini-van, carrying briefcases and wearing suits (it was 75 degrees). They came to discuss […]
Atlanta: Alert issued for ex-flight school student
He had no means of income and took flight lessons while in the US illegally. Obviously this is another case of discrimination and profiling. “Alert issued for ex-flight school student,” from CNN, with thanks to Teri: The man, Zayed Christopher Hajaig, has been located in the United Kingdom, said Steve Emmett, a special agent with […]
Ex-Detroit Metro screener charged with hiding bin Laden sympathy
He was discharged from the Air Force for pro-Osama statements. Then he got a job as…an airport screener. But of course, what he said was taken out of context. From AP, : DETROIT (AP) — A Yemeni immigrant who was discharged from the U.S. Air Force after expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden following the […]
Six Planes Hit By Laser Beams in Past 4 Days
“On November 22, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security sent an intelligence bulletin to police agencies to alert them that terrorist groups have shown an interest in using laser beams to try to bring down airliners.” From CNN, “Lasers illuminate airline cockpits on approach,” : WASHINGTON (CNN) — Six commercial airliners in the past […]
Minnesota: Iraqi man who was arrested at airport ordered deported
If he wasn’t involved in jihad-related activities, and if his travel was innocent, why did he lie? From the Star Tribune, with thanks to Bruce: An Iraqi man who pleaded guilty Wednesday in St. Paul to lying to airport officials about his Mideast travel was deported to his homeland and ordered never to return to […]
Japan drafting anti-terror steps
From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: TOKYO: Japan is considering steps to allow authorities to fingerprint and photograph foreigners entering the country and to permit the deportation of suspected terrorists, a Japanese daily said yesterday. The proposals were included in a draft outline of security measures expected to be adopted soon by a task force […]
What Kind of Airport Profiling?
Daniel Pipes details what we need to see in airport security procedures in FrontPage: Accordingly, Time goes on, the TSA is launching a passenger profiling system known as Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT. Under SPOT, the TSA staff learns to recognize suspicious personal behavior. “Passengers who flag concerns by exhibiting unusual or […]
Australia man targeted LA Airport
From News.com.au, : FRENCH anti-terrorist prosecutor Jean-Louis Bruguiere claims a mystery man in Australia was connected to the “millennium bombing plot” to blow up Los Angeles airport in 2000. Judge Bruguiere said telephone intercepts had linked a suspect in Sydney to Algerian Ahmed Ressam, who was arrested in December 1999 in Canada before he could […]
Possible terrorist sighting in Nantucket
Maati has Canadian citizenship. From the Boston Globe, : HYANNIS — A long-sought suspected Al Qaeda member who has eluded a concerted international dragnet may have been sighted at a Nantucket airport this week, prompting the FBI to distribute a picture of the suspect to law enforcement and transportation officials on the island. Law enforcement […]