Huh?????
Let me get this straight....A guy of middle eastern appearance lies to an airport security officer about having a laptop in his luggage....has a clock with a 9-volt battery taped to it...and hollowed out shoes....yet a police officer not only cleard him to board a plane, but he gave the TSA screener a rash of crap....???
A TSA screener disagreed with the officer, saying "the shoes had been tampered with and there were all the components of (a bomb) except the explosive itself," the report says.
The officer retorted, "I thought y'all were trained in this stuff," TSA officials reported.
Um....excuse me.... does anyone remember this guy??? It's obvious Officer Dumbass doesn't.
Lisa
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin
The incompetence on this one really worries me. On my trips as a tourist I submit to all the USA security searches and fingerprint checks because I believe it just might make my trip safer but it looks as though your nationals can get away with carrying out a "DRY RUN"
Incidently my friend and neighbour Bill starts a new job in security at Belfast airport on Thursday, I can't see him standing any nonsense, he is a 30 year RAF veteran who served in the Falklands and the Gulf MK1.
Posted by: Scottie | Monday, July 10, 2006 at 11:03 AM
The whole "lying about a laptop" thing is odd, unless the guy thought he'd have to pay a duty or something. Of course, it was a domestic flight, so that doesn't make sense either. The rest of it, however, adds up to absolutely nothing.
"there were all the components of (a bomb) except the explosive itself"
Yeah, well, the explosive is the important part, isn't it? You're not going to do much damage with a clock, a battery, and some hollow soles. I'm not even sure what kind of bomb you'd make with those components.
He was pulled out of line, searched, and checked for explosives, so if it was some kind of attempt to "check the waters" and see what they could get away with, it doesn't seem like the supposed potential terrorists found out anything that would help them.
Posted by: catastrophile | Monday, July 10, 2006 at 03:54 PM
I have just one question.
Isn't a laptop just a fancy clock and battery?
Posted by: HC | Monday, July 10, 2006 at 11:04 PM