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I'm betting that:

1) The security staff decided to strip search an Irish grandmother instead of the raghead.

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I'm betting that:

1) The security staff decided to strip search an Irish grandmother instead of the raghead.

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He's Nigerian. Thus, he's not a raghead. What he wanted to do was stupid, cowardly, and he deserves severe punishment. Nonetheless, before we jump to conclusions, we should at least be certain that we're using the right assumptions.

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Why isn't he a "raghead"? 'Cause he's black? They still wear the headgear.

Here's a picture of a top Nigerian muslim ...



So he isn't an Arab ... instead he's decedent of those muslims who sold their black brethren to the Europeans for a few manila braclets.





Bottomline, he's a muslim, therefore a potential danger.

Pretending that we are ALL equally dangerous is silly.

When was the last time a non-muslim tried to blow up an American plane?

Concentrating on the dangers is smart, but we wouldn't want to offend anyone. Least of all a terrorist.





I'm just wondering what silliness they will come with now at the airport. First it was going barefoot through security. Then, it was no carrying beverages. If one of these idiots gets caught with a suppository bomb, who knows what they'll search next.

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How smart? 'Doctor' smart?


Or 'engineer' smart?

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There needs to be intermediate security coming from these third world countries. He should have been checked again in Amsterdam. But I guess because he was a Muslim they would have been afraid of profiling.

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How smart? 'Doctor' smart?


Or 'engineer' smart?

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I believe that most of those involved in 9/11 came from educated backgrounds as well.

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One could argue that it would be a greater act of terrorism to just let the plane land in Detroit.

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So some guy tried to light an explosive devise, ended up producing a mediocre fireworks show inside of an airplane, and now, air travel regulations have gotten much tighter. Oh, and, yup: he was Al-Qaeda.


Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab—or whatever his name is—tried to light a mixture of powder he'd taped to his leg, probably trying to kill everyone on board. Asshole. You'd think terrorists would know that it's probably a bad idea to fuck around on an airplane, because people on airplanes who are near them will undoubtedly kick the shit out of them on the regular, and ask questions later.


Richard Reid tried to do it in 2001, they kicked the shit out of him. Some guy shouted "I've got a bomb" in January and they kicked the shit out of him. This guy had an argument with an off-duty pilot, and they kicked the shit out of him and duct-taped him to his seat. Basically, if you even remotely appear to look like you're going to bring some ruckus on an airplane, your fellow passengers will kick the shit out of you. As was the case here. Good on those passengers.


Now, however, if you're flying into America, and you look even remotely upset about your honey-roasted peanuts, you're going to be read the riot act and sent to a dark room with a lightbulb as soon as you land. The increased security measures go something like this:

• Passengers on international flights coming into America only get one carry-on.
  
  
• During the final hour of your flight coming into America, you won't be able to get out of your seat.
  
  
• Or access your carry-on baggage.
  
  
• Or have "personal belongings or other items on their laps.
  
  
• And possibly, no electronics at all during international flights going into America. This is unconfirmed as wide policy, but if true, will make sitting next to me very awful, as Radiohead's oeuvre is typically my flight music of choice, and I will be forced to hum Kid A for upwards of six hours the next time I take an international flight back to America (next week). Or if I'm feeling really sadistic, Pablo Honey.

Remember when you used to be able to go to the gate and meet people at the gate? That was at the beginning of this decade! And here we are, at the end of this decade! Where some people can't even take a piss for the entire hour final hour of their flight. The times, they are changing. As for the would-be terrorist, everyone who was pretty sure he wasn't an Al-Qaeda operative and just an asshole with thankfully bad engineering skills is wrong. The Red Hat Ladies of Terrorism—What? They're everywhere and nowhere at once. It makes sense.—sewed "80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin used by the military" into his underwear by their top bomb maker in Yemen. If this guy's there top bomb maker, well, he's probably getting a demotion today. As for the would-be bomber, his Dad had called the U.S. embassy in Nigeria six months ago to warn them of his son's radicalization. Schadenfreude alert: the kid probably burned his balls really badly. Awful upshot, however? Everyone's balls will be examined more thoroughly whenever they travel here on out:


The device intended to blow up the Northwest flight was made at the location in Yemen, according to Abdulmutallab, and consisted of a six-inch packet of powder and a syringe with a liquid. Both were sewn into the student's underwear so they would be near his testicles and unlikely to be detected, he told agents.


Basically, terrorists fuck up everything for everyone.

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and how exactly is what I've said is not true, PC nazi?

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He got away with it because had insiders helping him. These PC Nazi’s are assisting these “martyrs” through inaction. We are going after Al Qaeda in Yemen, in Africa, and even in our own country, (too bad our PC Nazi’s didn’t let us catch the Ft. Hood Terrorist in time), but no one is going after Al Qaeda in Amsterdam or Paris.

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You're quite funny. When can I expect the US invasion of Amsterdam? Btw, I know a guy called Usama in Amsterdam. Do you suspect him as well?
And for going after Al-Qaeda: it hasn't exactly been a succesful hunt so far, has it? You forgot to mention Afghanistan and Iraq.

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European security agencies can’t listen to their phone calls because they’re worried more about their rights than their own necks.

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I'm just wondering what silliness they will come with now at the airport. First it was going barefoot through security. Then, it was no carrying beverages. If one of these idiots gets caught with a suppository bomb, who knows what they'll search next.

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He's Nigerian. Thus, he's not a raghead. What he wanted to do was stupid, cowardly, and he deserves severe punishment. Nonetheless, before we jump to conclusions, we should at least be certain that we're using the right assumptions.

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too bad our PC Nazi’s didn’t let us catch the Ft. Hood Terrorist in time

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He got away with it because had insiders helping him. These PC Nazi’s are assisting these “martyrs” through inaction. We are going after Al Qaeda in Yemen, in Africa, and even in our own country, (too bad our PC Nazi’s didn’t let us catch the Ft. Hood Terrorist in time), but no one is going after Al Qaeda in Amsterdam or Paris.

European security agencies can’t listen to their phone calls because they’re worried more about their rights than their own necks. They can’t bring bomb sniffing dogs even close to them because that’s insulting to Muslims. In fact the only religion they seem happy to offend and marginalize is Christianity. When Europe becomes fully Islamic and these PC idiots are forced to convert or die, I’ll just laugh.

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The US have the biggest intelligence apparatus in the world

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I might be the biggest, but it SUCKS.

The various, somewhat independent, agencies involved seem to spend more time fighting intramural turf wars with each other and, depending on their bent, currying favor with which ever President is in power to gain power/funds/status and/or undermining him in an attempt to eschew blame or to affect policy to one more of their liking.

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That's where the DHS was supposed to come in at.

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FACTBOX: Christmas Day bombing plot: Who knew what, when?

(Reuters) - U.S. spy agencies and the State Department had information about a Nigerian man with alleged ties to militants in Yemen before he attempted to blow up a U.S. passenger jet on Christmas Day.

But intelligence from a wide range of sources was not collated, prompting the White House to launch a review of what government agencies knew about the accused bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the plans of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and why their alleged plot was not uncovered in advance.

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

About four months before the attempted bombing on December 25, the NSA intercepted telephone conversations in which the leaders of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula talked about the possibility of using an unidentified "Nigerian" bomber in an attack, according to intelligence officials. John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top White House adviser on counterterrorism, said the intercepts were shared with the National Counterterrorism Center.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

The CIA first learned of Abdulmutallab on November 19, when his father came to the U.S. Embassy in Abuja and sought help in finding him, according to an agency spokesman. The agency said it worked with the embassy to add Abdulmutallab and his possible Yemeni contacts to the U.S. terrorism database and forwarded biographical information about him to the National Counterterrorism Center.

Critics say the CIA should have done more to flag the intelligence, but a U.S. intelligence official said Abdulmutallab's father never said that his son "was a terrorist" or was planning an attack.

NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER

Telephone intercepts and biographical information from the NSA and the CIA were shared with the center, which was established in 2004 to serve as the main repository for counterterrorism intelligence gathered by more than 16 agencies. Critics say the center did not "connect the dots" as it was designed to do, and they have called on the White House to determine why the information fell through the cracks.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE:

Pieces of information started streaming in during the summer and fall about al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's plans to carry out attacks, but officials said there was not enough intelligence available to identify Abdulmutallab. The Director of National Intelligence is, ultimately, responsible for integrating foreign, military and domestic intelligence. For months, DNI Director Dennis Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta have waged a behind-the-scenes turf battle over Blair's oversight role, but the White House and intelligence officials say the DNI, the CIA and other intelligence agencies shared information as they were supposed to. Some lawmakers contend that Blair does not have enough authority to do his job.

STATE DEPARTMENT

U.S. diplomats took part in the November 19 meeting with Abdulmutallab's father in Abuja and forwarded the information by unclassified cable to the National Counterterrorism Center on November 20. But officials said the information was deemed insufficient to revoke Abdulmutallab's U.S. visa.

Department officials argue that they generally rely on an interagency screening system to advise if visas should be revoked on security-related grounds, and that no such recommendation was made in this case.

Critics also say the State Department should have been alert to the threat after Britain denied Abdulmutallab a student visa to attend a bogus institution. U.S. officials say British authorities never informed them that the visa was denied, although they describe cooperation between the two countries since the incident as "seamless."

WHITE HOUSE

In late August and early September, White House counterterrorism officials received intelligence about al Qaeda's use of the explosive PETN, known as pentaerythritol, sewn into the undergarments of would-be bombers, similar to the device used months later by Abdulmutallab, officials said.

The intelligence followed the al Qaeda's attempted assassination on August 27 of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who heads Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign.

Brennan, who visited Saudi Arabia less than a week after the attack, said the United States worked with the Saudis to gather intelligence about al Qaeda's use of PETN but added: "There was nothing in that assassination attempt against Prince Mohammed bin Nayef that indicated aviation was a target."

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Actually, I've never been stopped for a random search.

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Fags...

I'd last like 30 minutes at that job... I'd pull a chick like Gia right outta line from 300 yards away and bring her to the front of the line for a private bra and panties "pat down". I'd get fired cause I made her leave her shoes on.

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