Call me a conspiracist, if you will, but I find it disturbing that yet another Nigerian (Muslim? Will they tell us?) passenger -- deemed harmless this time -- on the exact, same flight that the Christmas-Day bomber targeted from Amsterdam to Detroit, was arrested upon arrival for being 'unruly':
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/report_flight_crew_requests_emergency_j9ZlOCtnHrNePzruDQfxoI
It sure sounds a lot like testing responses, to me. I'd assume al-Qaida is about to step up suicide missions directly against the U.S., if I were the Obama Administration (and I wanted to remain relevant!).
And, please -- let's not pull more Grandmas from the security line for pat-downs, okay? Again, it ain't coincidence that all these actual and would-be bombers are Muslims from, you know, Muslim countries!
We all chuckle at and tut-tut cliches, too. But cliches become such because they have been so often true! Stop treating 'profiling' like a distasteful cliche -- it works!
Update: Uh-huh!
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/80201152.html
What would be the point of videotaping the 'performance' if the guy was going to kill the videotaper, too, anyway? As noted above, seems like an effort to gauge response via a trial run.
This ain't over yet:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2785733.ece
Is Janet Napolitano the new "Brownie"?
Tim - Probing is a tactic used by terrorists on a regular basis. I would not be surprised if there was an observer on the flight to determine the presence of an Air Marshall, flight attendant response, passenger response and overall level of confusion and fear. To the degree that our current Administration views terrorism as a law enforcement issue, we will continue to be probed and ultimately attacked with devastating results.
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