OT: Nigerian Bomber
There are interviews with people on Flight 235 who saw the alleged bomber talked onto the plane by a well-dressed Indian man, about age 50. National Public Radio played one of those interviews today, with Kurt and Lori Haskell, a married couple who are attorneys in Michigan. Haskell said that a second Indian (appearing) man on the flight was taken in handcuffs from the plane after landing in Detroit after a "hit" from a bomb-sniffing dog, and that he (Haskell) was surprised this had not been reported in the news.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch ran a story about Roey Rosenblith, who was also on the flight. Rosenblith questioned why the passengers were held on the ground for 20 minutes, with a suspected bomb on board the plane. These witnesses, and other news stories, say the FBI held all the passengers in Customs for six hours, and questioned every passenger. The airline gave them hotel rooms because they missed their flights back home.
There are a zillion news stories about stepping up scanners and underclothes x-rays, but no stories at all about the identities of the Amsterdam ticket agent and the manager to whom she took the terrorist, and his well-dressed accomplice. The manager is the person who let him on the plane, breaking the rules.
Who were the agent and manager? Why did they violate protocol and let a terrorist (banned from flying in UK) on the flight without screening? What could the agent and manager contribute to identifying the "well-dressed man" whom they both met and who talked them into ticketing the terrorist? The bomber did not speak at all according to the Haskells-- the well-dressed Indian spoke for him.
Why are we stepping up airport rules instead of identifying, arresting, and interrogating two known people who violated the rules, risking 300 lives? There are no possible regulations that will keep us safe from those who violate regulations.
THIS SCREAMS CIA! It also screams Ugly Captive Media, (UCM).
Please tell me where I'm wrong, and please tell me who the Amsterdam ticket agent and her manager are. Please tell what they said about the bomber and the well-dressed man who talked the terrorist through them without screening nor passport.
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