Authorities Investigate Security Breach At JFK After Man Flies To Los Angeles Without Ticket Or ID
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Authorities are looking into a shocking security breach that took place at John F. Kennedy International Airport last week.WCBS 880′s Pat Farnack With Former NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker
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Investigators say Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, a Nigerian, boarded Virgin America Flight 415 to Los Angeles without a valid passport or identification, using an expired boarding pass for a flight the day before that belonged to someone else.
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Officials say Noibi got through security and was able to board the plane. No one noticed until the flight was airborne when a flight attendant realized Noibi was sitting in a seat that was supposed to be vacant.
He showed the attendant the expired boarding pass that was in someone else’s name and then showed a University of Michigan identification card with his picture on it.
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Investigators say the boarding pass belonged to a man who said his boarding pass went missing from his pocket on his way to the airport on June 23.
Investigators say Noibi used that pass to board the plane the next day.
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Noibi was allowed to get off the plane when it landed in Los Angeles.
Days later, investigators say he went back to LAX and tried to board a Delta flight to Atlanta.
This time, he was searched and airport officials found 10 expired boarding passes in his bag , none of them in his name.
The Transportation Security Administration says Noibi was screened before he boarded the flight from New York.
“Every passenger that passes through security checkpoints is subject to many layers of security including thorough physical screening at the checkpoint,” Transportation Security Administration spokesman Greg Soule said. “TSA’s review of this matter indicates that the passenger went through screening.”
Noibi was taken into custody and has been charged with being a stowaway but not under any terror or security laws. He faces a federal court hearing Saturday.
What do you think of this security breach? Is enough being done to keep the skies safe? Sound off in our comments section.
244 Comments
MrLiberty
The TSA was to busy fondling children and women to notice this guy……
The TSA was to busy fondling children and women to notice this guy……
June 30, 2011 at 10:29 am | |
Manny
The TSA should continue to search old ladies diapers and search disabled passangers. That way they’ll let another terroriist attack occur and they could always say that they were doing their jobs.
The TSA should continue to search old ladies diapers and search disabled passangers. That way they’ll let another terroriist attack occur and they could always say that they were doing their jobs.
June 30, 2011 at 11:06 am | |
ronpaul2012
Manny, you must be joking.
Manny, you must be joking.
June 30, 2011 at 1:29 pm
tigger
you have to realize:
TSA is NOT a security program, it’s a jobs program.
the clowns who work there would get fired from burger king.
you have to realize:
TSA is NOT a security program, it’s a jobs program.
the clowns who work there would get fired from burger king.
June 30, 2011 at 11:37 am | |
GK
That’s how they ended up at TSA they were fired frorm slinging burgers. Let’s face it their collective IQ would be hard pressed to break 70.
That’s how they ended up at TSA they were fired frorm slinging burgers. Let’s face it their collective IQ would be hard pressed to break 70.
June 30, 2011 at 11:52 am
Indie
It can’t be a jobs program, it was started by the Repugs under Bush
It can’t be a jobs program, it was started by the Repugs under Bush
June 30, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Retired SOF guy
It’s not a jobs program as much as it is a modified welfare program. This is a mistake from the Bush administration, but Indie needs a reality check. The government doesn’t create jobs in the sense of the free market, but the government can create an environment that is conducive to job creation with low/no taxes and no burdensome/unnecessary regulation. And please, “repugs”? Grow up. Another example of why when I was explaining the difference to my son between Reps and Dems I said it’s really the difference between adults and children.
It’s not a jobs program as much as it is a modified welfare program. This is a mistake from the Bush administration, but Indie needs a reality check. The government doesn’t create jobs in the sense of the free market, but the government can create an environment that is conducive to job creation with low/no taxes and no burdensome/unnecessary regulation. And please, “repugs”? Grow up. Another example of why when I was explaining the difference to my son between Reps and Dems I said it’s really the difference between adults and children.
June 30, 2011 at 12:21 pm
MAD MAX
You absolutely correct they look as if they were recruited from the hood, hs drop outs, welfare moms, mall cops….
You absolutely correct they look as if they were recruited from the hood, hs drop outs, welfare moms, mall cops….
June 30, 2011 at 1:10 pm
rfawcs
The complete failure of the TSA (and one failure like this is complete failure) is horrifying enough. The failure of any law enforcement agency to be on hand to arrest Mr. Noibi when the plane landed is just as horrifying. I am also very surprised the aircraft pilot didn’t make an emergency landing at the closet field when Mr. Noibi was discovered. How many more thousands of Americans are going to have to die before we admit there are people who really do want to kill us?
The complete failure of the TSA (and one failure like this is complete failure) is horrifying enough. The failure of any law enforcement agency to be on hand to arrest Mr. Noibi when the plane landed is just as horrifying. I am also very surprised the aircraft pilot didn’t make an emergency landing at the closet field when Mr. Noibi was discovered. How many more thousands of Americans are going to have to die before we admit there are people who really do want to kill us?
June 30, 2011 at 10:28 am | |
Jay007
They would have probably made an emergency landing for the 90 year old grandmother, if some TSA idiot remembered that her diaper wasn’t checked.
This is the problem, FIRE the TSA and FIRE OBAMA.
They would have probably made an emergency landing for the 90 year old grandmother, if some TSA idiot remembered that her diaper wasn’t checked.
This is the problem, FIRE the TSA and FIRE OBAMA.
June 30, 2011 at 10:42 am | |
Bob Hunter
I agree with your sentiments about the TSA and Obama, but please remember the TSA and DHS were created under the Bush administration.
I agree with your sentiments about the TSA and Obama, but please remember the TSA and DHS were created under the Bush administration.
June 30, 2011 at 10:56 am
Cogito ergo sum
@ Bob Hunter- Does it matter? Obama is Bush II. They are one in the same. As are the 2 political parties that supposedly run this country. They are controlled by the same people-the central banks and major corporations. It’s a rigged game.
@ Bob Hunter- Does it matter? Obama is Bush II. They are one in the same. As are the 2 political parties that supposedly run this country. They are controlled by the same people-the central banks and major corporations. It’s a rigged game.
June 30, 2011 at 11:10 am
BMF
Bob Huner:
True enough, but also remember that Bush didn’t want the TSA solution. He felt that security could be implemented within the existing structure with some enhancements.
It was Congress that forced the TSA issue and then Bush went along with it.
I believe Bush’s initial instincts were that TSA would just become another bloated bureacratic self-licking ice cream cone. I wish he had stoold his ground.
We now have and agency of tens of thousands of people that is slowly but steadily eroding the rights granted to us under the Constitution.
I still strongly believe that TSA should not be conducting virtual strip searches without probably cause. With the current rules in place and new technology, there will be nothing to prevent police in the very near future from randomly searching people on the streets and sidewalks without probably cause. The excuse will be that it’s for the greater good, which is TSA’s defense now.
But it’s not even the elected officials that determine the greater good. It’s just a bunch of TSA public employees sitting at their desks writing new powers for TSA. We predicted that it would soon spread to buses, trains and evenutally trucks and cars–and it’s already happened and its spreading more rapidly as they remain unchecked.
Bob Huner:
True enough, but also remember that Bush didn’t want the TSA solution. He felt that security could be implemented within the existing structure with some enhancements.
It was Congress that forced the TSA issue and then Bush went along with it.
I believe Bush’s initial instincts were that TSA would just become another bloated bureacratic self-licking ice cream cone. I wish he had stoold his ground.
We now have and agency of tens of thousands of people that is slowly but steadily eroding the rights granted to us under the Constitution.
I still strongly believe that TSA should not be conducting virtual strip searches without probably cause. With the current rules in place and new technology, there will be nothing to prevent police in the very near future from randomly searching people on the streets and sidewalks without probably cause. The excuse will be that it’s for the greater good, which is TSA’s defense now.
But it’s not even the elected officials that determine the greater good. It’s just a bunch of TSA public employees sitting at their desks writing new powers for TSA. We predicted that it would soon spread to buses, trains and evenutally trucks and cars–and it’s already happened and its spreading more rapidly as they remain unchecked.
June 30, 2011 at 11:36 am
Betsy
How can you excuse Bush for signing the bill into law? If he was allegedly against it, he was free to not sign it. You were duped. He was for it all along. It’s the game they play. R’s and D’s are on the same team. Except for Ron Paul. The only team he’s on is We the People.
How can you excuse Bush for signing the bill into law? If he was allegedly against it, he was free to not sign it. You were duped. He was for it all along. It’s the game they play. R’s and D’s are on the same team. Except for Ron Paul. The only team he’s on is We the People.
June 30, 2011 at 1:19 pm
George
But they “got” the old white lady with the diaper.
But they “got” the old white lady with the diaper.
June 30, 2011 at 10:57 am | |
Max
TSA’s intrusive measures have less to do with safety than it does with control. The TSA agents are less trained and less monitored than the police, yet they can conduct searches without warrants (sounds constitutional). If we all take a pass on this politicians will control us like a dictator does. We will just accept and they’ll pass laws that take away our use of judgment, hence cell phone laws.
In RUSSIA they use dogs and a risk-based approach with military and police. Here TSA has poorly educated and poorly trained people using a one-size-fits-all approach. Think about it, folks.
Start writing your congressmen and stop writing comments.
TSA’s intrusive measures have less to do with safety than it does with control. The TSA agents are less trained and less monitored than the police, yet they can conduct searches without warrants (sounds constitutional). If we all take a pass on this politicians will control us like a dictator does. We will just accept and they’ll pass laws that take away our use of judgment, hence cell phone laws.
In RUSSIA they use dogs and a risk-based approach with military and police. Here TSA has poorly educated and poorly trained people using a one-size-fits-all approach. Think about it, folks.
Start writing your congressmen and stop writing comments.
June 30, 2011 at 11:50 am
Wyrdless
Why would they make an emergency landing just becasue a stow away is on board?
Take a xanax or something. You are 8 times more likely to die from a cop than you are from a terrorist.
Do you think Thomas Jefferson would let a stranger touch his daughters boobs?
Why would they make an emergency landing just becasue a stow away is on board?
Take a xanax or something. You are 8 times more likely to die from a cop than you are from a terrorist.
Do you think Thomas Jefferson would let a stranger touch his daughters boobs?
June 30, 2011 at 11:13 am | |
Rod Anders
He never had a daughter. That story is fiction. I am his direct descendant.
He never had a daughter. That story is fiction. I am his direct descendant.
June 30, 2011 at 11:58 am
Rod Anders
Where is this closet field? Is that where they keep all the gays?
Where is this closet field? Is that where they keep all the gays?
June 30, 2011 at 11:55 am | |
Aeternalis
Uh, doesn’t the TSA have an attendant (they’re not officers, lol) in front of every security checkpoint that checks your ID and boarding pass? With a little ultraviolet light, too? Way to go, Big Sis. Your kids are slackers.
Uh, doesn’t the TSA have an attendant (they’re not officers, lol) in front of every security checkpoint that checks your ID and boarding pass? With a little ultraviolet light, too? Way to go, Big Sis. Your kids are slackers.
June 30, 2011 at 10:27 am | |
Retired SOF guy
That’s the point. TSA still says “he went through our rigorous screening” which is correct. The point TSA is missing (and our legislators who should get rid of TSA) is that TSA failed yet again. TSA has shifted the discussion from substantive failure to procedural success, and amazingly/shockingly, those rock stars of intelligence and critical thinking in the old monopoly media have allowed them to do it. I frequently wonder if it’s ideology or incompetence that is the driving force behind the old monopoly media. But hey, at least we still target elderly white people and little white kids.
That’s the point. TSA still says “he went through our rigorous screening” which is correct. The point TSA is missing (and our legislators who should get rid of TSA) is that TSA failed yet again. TSA has shifted the discussion from substantive failure to procedural success, and amazingly/shockingly, those rock stars of intelligence and critical thinking in the old monopoly media have allowed them to do it. I frequently wonder if it’s ideology or incompetence that is the driving force behind the old monopoly media. But hey, at least we still target elderly white people and little white kids.
June 30, 2011 at 12:29 pm | |
theworldisgoingnuts
Worse yet, the flight attendent also checked his credentials, found them wrong, and still let him go free and deboard the plane so he was free to try this again.
Worse yet, the flight attendent also checked his credentials, found them wrong, and still let him go free and deboard the plane so he was free to try this again.
June 30, 2011 at 10:25 am | |
Jack
Another thing I might add. I was singled out for a wipe when I traveled out of Palm Springs last year and was the only one picked out of line. I am disabled and had no idea what was going on? Several middle eastern men in turban’s and such just walked in ahead of me but I had 5 TSA agents waiting for me and was accosted in line and my wife when she stopped to see what was going on was rudely told to board the plane of she was going to be held for interfering. She tried to explain she had my medications but they said go on-board anyways. Jerks
Another thing I might add. I was singled out for a wipe when I traveled out of Palm Springs last year and was the only one picked out of line. I am disabled and had no idea what was going on? Several middle eastern men in turban’s and such just walked in ahead of me but I had 5 TSA agents waiting for me and was accosted in line and my wife when she stopped to see what was going on was rudely told to board the plane of she was going to be held for interfering. She tried to explain she had my medications but they said go on-board anyways. Jerks
June 30, 2011 at 10:24 am | |
Andrew David Baron
Arabs don’t wear turbins, Sikhs do. Some Arabs wear keffiyehs on their head or around their necks. HUGE difference.
Arabs don’t wear turbins, Sikhs do. Some Arabs wear keffiyehs on their head or around their necks. HUGE difference.
June 30, 2011 at 12:25 pm | |
Mannie
You were singled out BECAUSE you are disabled,
You were singled out BECAUSE you are disabled,
June 30, 2011 at 12:47 pm | |
JustAGuy
Only if that Nigerian man had an 8 year old little girl with him. The TSA would have made sure the little girl had no contraban in her panties.
Only if that Nigerian man had an 8 year old little girl with him. The TSA would have made sure the little girl had no contraban in her panties.
June 30, 2011 at 10:23 am | |
Jack
No one has commented that after he was caught…he was still allowed to get off at L.A. the first time and only after he tried to do this trip a second time…was he arrested. He had no valid passport but because the Justice Department refuses to enforce illegal immigration lays…he was allowed to go his merry way the first time.
No one has commented that after he was caught…he was still allowed to get off at L.A. the first time and only after he tried to do this trip a second time…was he arrested. He had no valid passport but because the Justice Department refuses to enforce illegal immigration lays…he was allowed to go his merry way the first time.
June 30, 2011 at 10:19 am | |
Mo Hermit
got it in one!!
got it in one!!
June 30, 2011 at 10:32 am | |
Paul
Bet he wouldn’t have gotten by if he was 95 and wearing an adult diaper.
Bet he wouldn’t have gotten by if he was 95 and wearing an adult diaper.
June 30, 2011 at 10:17 am | |
Cogito ergo sum
She was also dying from leukemia and taking her last trip to visit her family. She needed a blood transfusion just to fly. When will enough be enough? Americans have lost their dignity and freedom all in the name of “safety” from the “evil terrorists” and al CIAda and don’t even care.
She was also dying from leukemia and taking her last trip to visit her family. She needed a blood transfusion just to fly. When will enough be enough? Americans have lost their dignity and freedom all in the name of “safety” from the “evil terrorists” and al CIAda and don’t even care.
June 30, 2011 at 11:15 am | |
Mad Max
Muse: Uprising
Listen to it.
Muse: Uprising
Listen to it.
June 30, 2011 at 10:16 am | |
Toecutter
Well that song sucked.
Well that song sucked.
June 30, 2011 at 11:09 am | |
Shellybean
I travel to Tampa, FL from Louisville, KY and back several times a year. I am disabled and in a wheelchair. I ALWAYS get singled out for a complete pat-down and also wiped for gunpowder and drug residue. I find is so aggravating. This foreigner guy gets through and I get stopped every step of the way. What do they expect me to do, take the plane by rolling over people in my wheelchair???
I travel to Tampa, FL from Louisville, KY and back several times a year. I am disabled and in a wheelchair. I ALWAYS get singled out for a complete pat-down and also wiped for gunpowder and drug residue. I find is so aggravating. This foreigner guy gets through and I get stopped every step of the way. What do they expect me to do, take the plane by rolling over people in my wheelchair???
June 30, 2011 at 10:15 am | |
Mad Max
But they sure in heck made sure granny didn’t have an IED in her Depends last week.
Aren’t we tired of this already. Everyone in government should be arrested and tried for dereliction of duty.
I’ve never said this before, but I’m sick of the way America is today.
But they sure in heck made sure granny didn’t have an IED in her Depends last week.
Aren’t we tired of this already. Everyone in government should be arrested and tried for dereliction of duty.
I’ve never said this before, but I’m sick of the way America is today.
June 30, 2011 at 10:14 am | |
Alvis
You are so right Mad Max!!
You are so right Mad Max!!
June 30, 2011 at 10:40 am | |
Missourimule
TSA was too busy feeling up some 90 year-old woman in a wheelchair – besides . . . a nigerian? That would look like profiling.
TSA was too busy feeling up some 90 year-old woman in a wheelchair – besides . . . a nigerian? That would look like profiling.
June 30, 2011 at 10:13 am | |
Walt Campbell
That would look like profiling.
That’s the bottom line. They were afraid of being accused of racism and/or profiling.
That would look like profiling.
That’s the bottom line. They were afraid of being accused of racism and/or profiling.
June 30, 2011 at 11:51 am | |
Retired SOF guy
Profiling is common sense. While not infallible and should not be used in isolation, profiling is a valid tool. Talk to any cop who teaches personal safety to women and ask if they don’t teach women to profile to some level. The cold war didn’t end under Reagan, as much as I wish it had, and the socialists continue to destroy us from within as we tolerate so many assaults on liberty.
Profiling is common sense. While not infallible and should not be used in isolation, profiling is a valid tool. Talk to any cop who teaches personal safety to women and ask if they don’t teach women to profile to some level. The cold war didn’t end under Reagan, as much as I wish it had, and the socialists continue to destroy us from within as we tolerate so many assaults on liberty.
June 30, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Sallysue Simpleton
Screening involves matching the boarding pass to the person’s picture ID and verifying the boarding pass is for the current day’s travel. Once those details are completed you are allowed into the molestation chamber!! Well done TSA!! Your tax dollars at work America!! Makes me proud of my country for the first time in my adult life!!!
Screening involves matching the boarding pass to the person’s picture ID and verifying the boarding pass is for the current day’s travel. Once those details are completed you are allowed into the molestation chamber!! Well done TSA!! Your tax dollars at work America!! Makes me proud of my country for the first time in my adult life!!!
June 30, 2011 at 10:12 am | |
Richard
TSA is a joke. These TSO are rejects that couldnt get jobs at McDonalds and cant think for themselves. If they had any brains they would realize they are violating the 4th amendment.
They are a bunch of pedafiles and thieves.
TSA is a joke. These TSO are rejects that couldnt get jobs at McDonalds and cant think for themselves. If they had any brains they would realize they are violating the 4th amendment.
They are a bunch of pedafiles and thieves.
June 30, 2011 at 11:30 am | |
kinley35
If it was an American he would not have made it passed the pat down area! But let it be a Non American they are able to walk on by…. blows my mind!!
If it was an American he would not have made it passed the pat down area! But let it be a Non American they are able to walk on by…. blows my mind!!
June 30, 2011 at 10:12 am | |
Keir
This is crazy; here I am refusing to visit the US whilst its security makes travelling as pleasant, inviting and stress-free as one would expect from the Gestapo and yet it appears only American citizens are threatened with having their nappies confiscated, their genitalia groped and their flights cancelled.
http://www.tracesofevil.com
This is crazy; here I am refusing to visit the US whilst its security makes travelling as pleasant, inviting and stress-free as one would expect from the Gestapo and yet it appears only American citizens are threatened with having their nappies confiscated, their genitalia groped and their flights cancelled.
http://www.tracesofevil.com
June 30, 2011 at 10:08 am | |
violet
Well, imagine that. It seems that the TSA provides only a sense of false security – what else is new. You hyper-sensitive idiots are more offended by the perceived offense you find in the report, but have no problem with the fact that this schmuck was allowed to board a plane with an invalid boarding pass. Apparently the TSA doesn’t require that you be literate to work for them. So to all you liberal sheep – yes, you volunteers who willingly get molested by the sickos in the blue (brown) shirts, you conspirators in child and elder abuse, you morons – enjoy your next flight, knowing that the people you have allowed to win in this war are probably on your flight – because of you.
Well, imagine that. It seems that the TSA provides only a sense of false security – what else is new. You hyper-sensitive idiots are more offended by the perceived offense you find in the report, but have no problem with the fact that this schmuck was allowed to board a plane with an invalid boarding pass. Apparently the TSA doesn’t require that you be literate to work for them. So to all you liberal sheep – yes, you volunteers who willingly get molested by the sickos in the blue (brown) shirts, you conspirators in child and elder abuse, you morons – enjoy your next flight, knowing that the people you have allowed to win in this war are probably on your flight – because of you.
June 30, 2011 at 10:05 am | |
bubba
Every part of this screams NOBODY did their job – certainly not TSA – but what do you expect form those clowns…definitely not the Airline…On every flight I have taken in the last several years (well over 2 dozen) , after my touchie feely love-in with TSA, I always have my boadring pass scanned or otherwise looked at by airline gate personel – wouldnt the system have beeped buzzed or honked that the paper was for a different DAY?????
Every part of this screams NOBODY did their job – certainly not TSA – but what do you expect form those clowns…definitely not the Airline…On every flight I have taken in the last several years (well over 2 dozen) , after my touchie feely love-in with TSA, I always have my boadring pass scanned or otherwise looked at by airline gate personel – wouldnt the system have beeped buzzed or honked that the paper was for a different DAY?????
June 30, 2011 at 11:55 am | |
dalemu
Any sane person would quickly realize that the TSA doesn’t have time to check the credentials AND tickets of people flying from foreign countries when they have all these dangerous little old ladies in wheelchairs and children under 5 from our own country to pat down and strip search….
Any sane person would quickly realize that the TSA doesn’t have time to check the credentials AND tickets of people flying from foreign countries when they have all these dangerous little old ladies in wheelchairs and children under 5 from our own country to pat down and strip search….
June 30, 2011 at 10:04 am | |
Lol
That Nigerian is not a threat; he’s not below 10 or over 60; he’s not wearing diapers (baby or adult) or in a wheelchair. TSA’s standard operating procedure is to grope YOUNG AMERICAN CHILDREN and ELDERLY AMERICANS.
That Nigerian is not a threat; he’s not below 10 or over 60; he’s not wearing diapers (baby or adult) or in a wheelchair. TSA’s standard operating procedure is to grope YOUNG AMERICAN CHILDREN and ELDERLY AMERICANS.
June 30, 2011 at 10:02 am | |
Hersh
We can be assured that, although failing to check ID or boarding pass, some fat, hairy TSA agent at least gave his nuts a tender squeeze. Surely that counts for something.
We can be assured that, although failing to check ID or boarding pass, some fat, hairy TSA agent at least gave his nuts a tender squeeze. Surely that counts for something.
June 30, 2011 at 10:02 am | |
Peregrin Took
LOL. Thanks for that. That was the best laugh I had all week.
LOL. Thanks for that. That was the best laugh I had all week.
June 30, 2011 at 10:37 am | |
RobertoBarreto
Bunch of sickos!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bunch of sickos!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 30, 2011 at 11:00 am | |
Trebor
If was a 90 year old white female american never would have happened due to full security check of person and belongings.
If was a 90 year old white female american never would have happened due to full security check of person and belongings.
June 30, 2011 at 10:01 am | |
Lblanks
Yeah, but no 95 year olds got thru without getting their diapers checked.
Yeah, but no 95 year olds got thru without getting their diapers checked.
June 30, 2011 at 9:57 am | |
Josh
Doesn’t this seem a little fishy? Does anyone else think this could have been
on purpose so that they can come out and say we need EVEN MORE TSA
security proctections/violations against us????? This scares me a bit, but I
guess I am one of the conspiracy constitutional extremist patriotic theorist.
Shame on me for not wanting to be radiated or physically violated if I “opt out”
of getting cancer. I hope it wasn’t done on purpose but either way I’m sure
they will try to tighten the reigns.
Doesn’t this seem a little fishy? Does anyone else think this could have been
on purpose so that they can come out and say we need EVEN MORE TSA
security proctections/violations against us????? This scares me a bit, but I
guess I am one of the conspiracy constitutional extremist patriotic theorist.
Shame on me for not wanting to be radiated or physically violated if I “opt out”
of getting cancer. I hope it wasn’t done on purpose but either way I’m sure
they will try to tighten the reigns.
June 30, 2011 at 10:21 am | |
Chris
This was my exact first thought. Even if this was legitimate, you can bet that more freedom robbing, demoralizing, so called security measures are on the way.
This was my exact first thought. Even if this was legitimate, you can bet that more freedom robbing, demoralizing, so called security measures are on the way.
June 30, 2011 at 11:11 am
T.J.G.
The incompetent Janet Napolitano will now, again, claim that the system worked perfectly.
The incompetent Janet Napolitano will now, again, claim that the system worked perfectly.
June 30, 2011 at 9:57 am | |
Cindy Bauter
This really makes the TSA look like they are ass backwards, oh wait they are!!!
This really makes the TSA look like they are ass backwards, oh wait they are!!!
June 30, 2011 at 9:57 am | |
david
Airline security is about determining if one can be allowed on the aircraft, not about who he is or where she’s going. Knowing who is on the aircraft is barking up the wrong tree. .
Airline security is about determining if one can be allowed on the aircraft, not about who he is or where she’s going. Knowing who is on the aircraft is barking up the wrong tree. .
June 30, 2011 at 9:54 am | |
goredon
“Airline security is about determining if one can be allowed on the aircraft, not about who he is”
Really? What happened to the NO FLY list? Isn’t that dependent on who you are?
“Airline security is about determining if one can be allowed on the aircraft, not about who he is”
Really? What happened to the NO FLY list? Isn’t that dependent on who you are?
June 30, 2011 at 10:40 am | |
Pilot.Dave
Must be satire – or you are a TSA blogger with less than normal literacy.
Must be satire – or you are a TSA blogger with less than normal literacy.
June 30, 2011 at 11:59 am | |
phillysmart
They are too busy fondling little white boys and girls and their disabled granparents for the fun of it to be concerned with an african or middle estern person!
They are too busy fondling little white boys and girls and their disabled granparents for the fun of it to be concerned with an african or middle estern person!
June 30, 2011 at 9:50 am | |
Sal
Does that seem…unfair…to you?
Why?
Does that seem…unfair…to you?
Why?
June 30, 2011 at 10:53 am | |
potvin
Too bad he wasn’t in a wheelchair and wearing an adult diaper.
Too bad he wasn’t in a wheelchair and wearing an adult diaper.
June 30, 2011 at 9:49 am | |
Dave
Since the TSA are government employees, no one involved with be fired or reprimanded. At worst, they’ll be runner-ups to employee of the year.
Since the TSA are government employees, no one involved with be fired or reprimanded. At worst, they’ll be runner-ups to employee of the year.
June 30, 2011 at 9:49 am | |
charlie
But they will accept full responsibility as long as there are no consequences to doing so.
But they will accept full responsibility as long as there are no consequences to doing so.
June 30, 2011 at 10:40 am | |
William Stone III
“Airport security” is flatly impossible. As a security professional, I make the case in my blog at http://wrstone.wordpress.com.
The TSA is nothing more than a terrorist organization whose sole purpose is to inure Americans to constant and unceasing terrorist attacks by the Federal Government.
“Airport security” is flatly impossible. As a security professional, I make the case in my blog at http://wrstone.wordpress.com.
The TSA is nothing more than a terrorist organization whose sole purpose is to inure Americans to constant and unceasing terrorist attacks by the Federal Government.
June 30, 2011 at 9:47 am | |
dagny
Exactly. Since this was not an American, why bother to subjugate him?
Exactly. Since this was not an American, why bother to subjugate him?
June 30, 2011 at 10:08 am | |
Pilot.Dave
Excellent Blog Mr Stone. As a pilot and fellow security expert, you are right on !
Excellent Blog Mr Stone. As a pilot and fellow security expert, you are right on !
June 30, 2011 at 12:13 pm | |
chris Brown
They were too busy molesing innocent white people.
They were too busy molesing innocent white people.
June 30, 2011 at 9:47 am | |
ben
Luckily for him ID is not required when flying, just got busted for the expired boarding pass.
Luckily for him ID is not required when flying, just got busted for the expired boarding pass.
June 30, 2011 at 9:47 am | |
Anon
Obama’s liberal fascist TSA racists in their finest hour!
Obama’s liberal fascist TSA racists in their finest hour!
June 30, 2011 at 9:45 am | |
Michael H.
You can thank a Republican President and Congress for the TSA. Obama just inherited it.
You can thank a Republican President and Congress for the TSA. Obama just inherited it.
June 30, 2011 at 12:06 pm | |
Mikey
B.HO just inherited it? So he and his appointee, Janet Incompitano, have nothing to do with how it is run? He has no authority over it at all? Really?
B.HO just inherited it? So he and his appointee, Janet Incompitano, have nothing to do with how it is run? He has no authority over it at all? Really?
June 30, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Retired SOF guy
You’re right, but it’s his now. Now the current financial mess (devalued dollar, debt crisis, uncontrolled gov spending at record levels), that is squarely on BHO. Don’t blather about the housing crisis, created by CRA and dems wanting poor minorities who couldn’t afford a house to have one on the backs of the working, as being Bush’s. Then you’d just look like an idiot. Bush wasn’t perfect, but he did love this country. BHO doesn’t (try Roots of Obama’s Rage for some timely holiday reading).
You’re right, but it’s his now. Now the current financial mess (devalued dollar, debt crisis, uncontrolled gov spending at record levels), that is squarely on BHO. Don’t blather about the housing crisis, created by CRA and dems wanting poor minorities who couldn’t afford a house to have one on the backs of the working, as being Bush’s. Then you’d just look like an idiot. Bush wasn’t perfect, but he did love this country. BHO doesn’t (try Roots of Obama’s Rage for some timely holiday reading).
June 30, 2011 at 12:47 pm
jimmyd
You mean Bush’s
You mean Bush’s
June 30, 2011 at 12:06 pm | |
Big T Machine
95 year old American terminal cancer patient gets her adult diaper checked for C4 ,but a foreign national without ID or a valid ticket gets to fly the fieindly skies? They say the TSA does not profile ,but it sounds like they do to me. The government wants to make travel so onerous that we change our behavior patterns.
95 year old American terminal cancer patient gets her adult diaper checked for C4 ,but a foreign national without ID or a valid ticket gets to fly the fieindly skies? They say the TSA does not profile ,but it sounds like they do to me. The government wants to make travel so onerous that we change our behavior patterns.
June 30, 2011 at 9:44 am | |
TJ
Hard to believe he outsmarted the perverted, dimwitted TSA zombies lead by the very picture of professional incompetence Janet Napolitano.
Hard to believe he outsmarted the perverted, dimwitted TSA zombies lead by the very picture of professional incompetence Janet Napolitano.
June 30, 2011 at 9:44 am | |
jabusse
Bet they got his snow globe!
Bet they got his snow globe!
June 30, 2011 at 9:43 am | |
nyc
PRIVATIZE airport security ! I have experienced TSA employees that are way overweight and just not qualified or trained well enough for security ! Too many special interests groups and unions not doing the right thing !
PRIVATIZE airport security ! I have experienced TSA employees that are way overweight and just not qualified or trained well enough for security ! Too many special interests groups and unions not doing the right thing !
June 30, 2011 at 9:42 am | |
Ragnar
he was never screened well because that would have been racist and the TSA doesn’t want that to deal with. if he was an old white man, for sure he would have been screened enough to catch his scam. even better if he had a colostomy bag or was in a wheelchair….or was even a small child……the T&A agents love to get their hands on those folks!
he was never screened well because that would have been racist and the TSA doesn’t want that to deal with. if he was an old white man, for sure he would have been screened enough to catch his scam. even better if he had a colostomy bag or was in a wheelchair….or was even a small child……the T&A agents love to get their hands on those folks!
June 30, 2011 at 9:42 am | |
Dependz
To bad he wasn’t wearing a diaper, the TSA would have caught him for sure if he had.
To bad he wasn’t wearing a diaper, the TSA would have caught him for sure if he had.
June 30, 2011 at 9:42 am | |
America still rules
Too busy sticking there paws down the underwear of 6 year old golden haired children and cavity searching little old ladies apparently.
Too busy sticking there paws down the underwear of 6 year old golden haired children and cavity searching little old ladies apparently.
June 30, 2011 at 9:36 am | |
jerrykregle
I think this bum is testing the waters so people BE VIGILANT
I think this bum is testing the waters so people BE VIGILANT
June 30, 2011 at 9:35 am | |
scy
er… Okey-dokey! Derpa-derp.
er… Okey-dokey! Derpa-derp.
June 30, 2011 at 9:45 am | |
OH
I think you’re right
I think you’re right
June 30, 2011 at 10:02 am | |
Mike
Make sure and check grandmas’ diaper though!
Make sure and check grandmas’ diaper though!
June 30, 2011 at 9:35 am | |
Mikey
Search granny’s diaper, but let the foreign nationals pass…and don’t hold them at arrival, either.
PROFILING IS GOOD! It shows you’ve learned from past experience. Feeling up granny, the 2 year old, and the nun is criminal.
Search granny’s diaper, but let the foreign nationals pass…and don’t hold them at arrival, either.
PROFILING IS GOOD! It shows you’ve learned from past experience. Feeling up granny, the 2 year old, and the nun is criminal.
June 30, 2011 at 10:32 am | |
phays
It seems we can add kids under8 yrs old to your grandma list .These two age groups are responsible for how many terrorist attacks?
It seems we can add kids under8 yrs old to your grandma list .These two age groups are responsible for how many terrorist attacks?
June 30, 2011 at 10:33 am | |
tom h
EXACTLY – and by the way let us NEVER profile! It would make way too much sense!
EXACTLY – and by the way let us NEVER profile! It would make way too much sense!
June 30, 2011 at 10:40 am | |
Marcel
This is not TSA stupidity or incompetence but their agenda of targeting law abiding non Muslim white American citizens. The Gestapo in training always give the real terrorists a pass as we saw with the last Christmas day Nigerian Muslim over Detroit who was stopped by a dutchman and not TSA !
This is not TSA stupidity or incompetence but their agenda of targeting law abiding non Muslim white American citizens. The Gestapo in training always give the real terrorists a pass as we saw with the last Christmas day Nigerian Muslim over Detroit who was stopped by a dutchman and not TSA !
June 30, 2011 at 10:45 am | |
yan
If your IQ is below 100, the TSA wants you………
If your IQ is below 100, the TSA wants you………
June 30, 2011 at 10:53 am | |
Sherry L. Pitts
The low life TSA agents are too busy pulling adult diapers off of 95 year old women and diapers off of babies, removing prothesis from amputees, harassing women who have had breast cancer, causing urine bags to leak and embarrass men who have them, scaring toddlers to death and sending pretty women through the nude screening machines to notice a non-citizen with no ID, no legal boarding pass and no ticket. URRGGG As an ex airline employees for over 20 years who has worked every aspect of the airport I keep telling people that the intrusive searches are so totally out of line not to mention illegal and they are just used to keep people under Obama’s dictator thumb. When will they wake up? BTW Take time to check out TSA’s hiring ‘standards’.
The low life TSA agents are too busy pulling adult diapers off of 95 year old women and diapers off of babies, removing prothesis from amputees, harassing women who have had breast cancer, causing urine bags to leak and embarrass men who have them, scaring toddlers to death and sending pretty women through the nude screening machines to notice a non-citizen with no ID, no legal boarding pass and no ticket. URRGGG As an ex airline employees for over 20 years who has worked every aspect of the airport I keep telling people that the intrusive searches are so totally out of line not to mention illegal and they are just used to keep people under Obama’s dictator thumb. When will they wake up? BTW Take time to check out TSA’s hiring ‘standards’.
June 30, 2011 at 10:53 am | |
Nico
Meanwhile, grandma’s diaper gets examined.
Meanwhile, grandma’s diaper gets examined.
June 30, 2011 at 11:32 am | |
Dieter
Goes to show you, no matter how tight security is, if there is a will, there is a way being detected. These check points should be outside the airport, and at a different location. Once screened, then board transportation to the airport. This would eliminate any chance of creating an incident….
Goes to show you, no matter how tight security is, if there is a will, there is a way being detected. These check points should be outside the airport, and at a different location. Once screened, then board transportation to the airport. This would eliminate any chance of creating an incident….
June 30, 2011 at 12:17 pm | |
Jim
Whenever this nation comes to its senses, perhaps we’ll see the end of Napolitano’s Gestapo…
My 5 year old niece, visiting from Norway, was bodily groped and sent screaming in protest through a rotating scanner…she will now never forget this…
Enough…
We are being abused, while children and the aged are being violated.
Jim…
Whenever this nation comes to its senses, perhaps we’ll see the end of Napolitano’s Gestapo…
My 5 year old niece, visiting from Norway, was bodily groped and sent screaming in protest through a rotating scanner…she will now never forget this…
Enough…
We are being abused, while children and the aged are being violated.
Jim…
June 30, 2011 at 12:50 pm | |
Ron
Yes, if he was a 7 year old or a 95 yeas old then he would have gotten through. The TSA is a band of buffoons ran by a criminally insane he she.
Yes, if he was a 7 year old or a 95 yeas old then he would have gotten through. The TSA is a band of buffoons ran by a criminally insane he she.
June 30, 2011 at 12:55 pm | |
Bill Galluccio
Let’s fire every TSA agent and replace them with trained behavioral profilers. Let them use their training to decide who needs to be given extra screening.
Let’s fire every TSA agent and replace them with trained behavioral profilers. Let them use their training to decide who needs to be given extra screening.
June 30, 2011 at 12:57 pm | |
glenp
these will be the same a holes in charge of RATIONING out your BRAIN SURGERY
these will be the same a holes in charge of RATIONING out your BRAIN SURGERY
June 30, 2011 at 9:35 am | |
John
Nice!!! Lets keep searching young girls and the diapers of 95 year old women!!! Nice job TSA
Nice!!! Lets keep searching young girls and the diapers of 95 year old women!!! Nice job TSA
June 30, 2011 at 9:34 am | |
glenp
THEY DIDN’T PAT HIS GENITALS OR GIVE HIM AN ANAL PROBE IS WHY!!!!
THEY DIDN’T PAT HIS GENITALS OR GIVE HIM AN ANAL PROBE IS WHY!!!!
June 30, 2011 at 9:34 am | |
Lawrence
Obama administration is setting USA up for a big disaster folks. When it happens take your anger out on liberals democrats and idiots that voted him in.
Obama administration is setting USA up for a big disaster folks. When it happens take your anger out on liberals democrats and idiots that voted him in.
June 30, 2011 at 9:32 am | |
pauly
Just like Bush did ?
Just like Bush did ?
June 30, 2011 at 10:10 am | |
Wayne
9-11 was a result of failed Clinton action. It is like dealing with any bully. A lack of action creates a larger reaction. If Clinton had been hard on terrorists, gone after Bin Laden when he had a chance or even pursued the original Trade Center bombers, 9-11 would have never happened.
I do like your attempted liberal quote, “It was BUSH!!”
9-11 was a result of failed Clinton action. It is like dealing with any bully. A lack of action creates a larger reaction. If Clinton had been hard on terrorists, gone after Bin Laden when he had a chance or even pursued the original Trade Center bombers, 9-11 would have never happened.
I do like your attempted liberal quote, “It was BUSH!!”
June 30, 2011 at 10:25 am
Michael H.
Wayne, the original WTC bombers from ’93 were tried and convicted.
Clinton would have gladly gone after more terrorists, but he was too busy being impeached.
Wayne, the original WTC bombers from ’93 were tried and convicted.
Clinton would have gladly gone after more terrorists, but he was too busy being impeached.
June 30, 2011 at 11:59 am
pauly
I am not a liberal, I am an American that has voted for Repubs and Dems but then realize that I am just middle class and neither of them care about me. So give yourself labels and call what you want but what do you have to show for it. Bottom line if you are not rich the only thing they want from you is your vote.
I am not a liberal, I am an American that has voted for Repubs and Dems but then realize that I am just middle class and neither of them care about me. So give yourself labels and call what you want but what do you have to show for it. Bottom line if you are not rich the only thing they want from you is your vote.
June 30, 2011 at 10:36 am | |
jimmyd
Poor wayne you’re another failed republirat let me guess you put your hand over your ears when somone told you that your Bush mesiah failed to keep us safe on 9/11 and that it was his fault we were attacked.
Poor wayne you’re another failed republirat let me guess you put your hand over your ears when somone told you that your Bush mesiah failed to keep us safe on 9/11 and that it was his fault we were attacked.
June 30, 2011 at 12:10 pm | |
keldrick
This wouldn’t have happened if he was white!
This wouldn’t have happened if he was white!
June 30, 2011 at 8:59 am | |
Rhett
Right!
Right!
June 30, 2011 at 11:02 am | |
That DEPENDZ
Make sure he is in a wheel chair and has a diaper on, that way he always will be checked thoroughl, and against his will.
Make sure he is in a wheel chair and has a diaper on, that way he always will be checked thoroughl, and against his will.
June 30, 2011 at 8:55 am | |
joe
The TSA is to busy sticking there hands all over peoples bodys that they did not notice him.
The TSA is to busy sticking there hands all over peoples bodys that they did not notice him.
June 30, 2011 at 8:45 am | |
What you're all thinking
Good thing this man was stopped by attentative and thorough checks by the TSA before he boarded the plane! Oh wait, he wasn’t…
Meanwhile the government wonders why we’re $14 trillion in debt and unable to win the war on terror.
Good thing this man was stopped by attentative and thorough checks by the TSA before he boarded the plane! Oh wait, he wasn’t…
Meanwhile the government wonders why we’re $14 trillion in debt and unable to win the war on terror.
June 30, 2011 at 8:39 am | |
Bill
TSA folks were too busy groping 95-year-old women and little children. No reason to thoroughly check a foreign male with no ticket. Now, if he had been a good-looking, well-endowed female…
TSA folks were too busy groping 95-year-old women and little children. No reason to thoroughly check a foreign male with no ticket. Now, if he had been a good-looking, well-endowed female…
June 30, 2011 at 9:45 am | |
Kim Baliey
Obama is flooding the country with Africans. He is couunting on them for his re-election.
The Nigerian wanted to go to Hawaii where ALL Africans get fake US birth Certificates just like Obama.
Hawaii is a crooked state, a sham!
Obama is flooding the country with Africans. He is couunting on them for his re-election.
The Nigerian wanted to go to Hawaii where ALL Africans get fake US birth Certificates just like Obama.
Hawaii is a crooked state, a sham!
June 30, 2011 at 10:00 am | |
TheBeatGoesON
C’mon people, let’s be fair. The TSA and other “authorities” had too much on their professional plates yesterday at JFK. Don’t you read the news?! There was an attack on the airport as hundreds of turtles wandered onto the tarmac and they not only had to gather them up but screen each and every one of them to protect the Homeland. Now ask yourself, would you want THAT job? To have to grope a reptile with a protective coating. The answer is NO! As is in evidence by the lack of scrutiny of hajib or burkah wearing “visitors”.
C’mon people, let’s be fair. The TSA and other “authorities” had too much on their professional plates yesterday at JFK. Don’t you read the news?! There was an attack on the airport as hundreds of turtles wandered onto the tarmac and they not only had to gather them up but screen each and every one of them to protect the Homeland. Now ask yourself, would you want THAT job? To have to grope a reptile with a protective coating. The answer is NO! As is in evidence by the lack of scrutiny of hajib or burkah wearing “visitors”.
June 30, 2011 at 10:03 am | |
TheBeatGoesON
C’mon people, let’s be fair. The TSA and other “authorities” had too much on their professional plates yesterday at JFK. Don’t you read the news?! There was an attack on the airport as hundreds of turtles wandered onto the tarmac and they not only had to gather them up but screen each and every one of them to protect the Homeland. Now ask yourself, would you want THAT job? To have to grope a reptile with a protective coating. The answer is NO! As is in evidence by the lack of scrutiny of hajib or burkah wearing “visitors”.
Well, my bad! NOT yesterday, a week ago.I thought I had a good reason for the gaffe. Nope! It’s just one of those “other” reasons the system didn’t work.
Oh well. Next! Step over here sir. You set off the bells & buzzers. Now roll up your sleeve and bend over. Need gloves over here…supervisor!
C’mon people, let’s be fair. The TSA and other “authorities” had too much on their professional plates yesterday at JFK. Don’t you read the news?! There was an attack on the airport as hundreds of turtles wandered onto the tarmac and they not only had to gather them up but screen each and every one of them to protect the Homeland. Now ask yourself, would you want THAT job? To have to grope a reptile with a protective coating. The answer is NO! As is in evidence by the lack of scrutiny of hajib or burkah wearing “visitors”.
Well, my bad! NOT yesterday, a week ago.I thought I had a good reason for the gaffe. Nope! It’s just one of those “other” reasons the system didn’t work.
Oh well. Next! Step over here sir. You set off the bells & buzzers. Now roll up your sleeve and bend over. Need gloves over here…supervisor!
June 30, 2011 at 10:19 am
Geof Fowler
Last weekend I traveled from Bradley and went through one of the new body scanners. It picked up on my wallet in my right rear pocket, which required the wallet be taken back to the x-ray machine and scanned. Amazingly dangerous thing those leather contraptions containing money and plastic. Afterwards, I felt sooo protected. When I returned through Chicago, TSA there was fine with my wallet in my pocket. Gotta love that consistency.
Last weekend I traveled from Bradley and went through one of the new body scanners. It picked up on my wallet in my right rear pocket, which required the wallet be taken back to the x-ray machine and scanned. Amazingly dangerous thing those leather contraptions containing money and plastic. Afterwards, I felt sooo protected. When I returned through Chicago, TSA there was fine with my wallet in my pocket. Gotta love that consistency.
June 30, 2011 at 10:10 am | |
jimmyd
were not suppose to win the war
were not suppose to win the war
June 30, 2011 at 12:12 pm | |
Peter
…well Mike, I ALSO wondered why his National Origin was mentioned, it seems as you pointed out, it was obviously an attempt to slant the readers opinion without any supporting facts.
Why the reference to a passport? Is a passport now required to travel between JFK / LAX?
Anyway, how many OTHER frequent flights had he taken prior to being caught? I’m sure the Gate agent won’t just OVERIDE the “BEEP” next time.
Free travel, not bad, not bad.
…well Mike, I ALSO wondered why his National Origin was mentioned, it seems as you pointed out, it was obviously an attempt to slant the readers opinion without any supporting facts.
Why the reference to a passport? Is a passport now required to travel between JFK / LAX?
Anyway, how many OTHER frequent flights had he taken prior to being caught? I’m sure the Gate agent won’t just OVERIDE the “BEEP” next time.
Free travel, not bad, not bad.
June 30, 2011 at 9:01 am | |
Jimmy Jones
And how many Europeans have done this? Take your meds asshat.
And how many Europeans have done this? Take your meds asshat.
June 30, 2011 at 9:38 am | |
Dave
You WOULD say “brown”….and I suppose you never heard of the “underwear bomber.” He IS black (not brown, there’s now race called brown) and he IS Nigerian. My point is, do not say ‘brown’ people “are not the terrorist” when many African countries have Muslim extremists. Of course, you don’t have to be Muslim to be a terrorist, and not necessarily of an specific color…but TSA is too concerned with the political correctness and profile sensitivity of the very own profile that fits the majority of terrorists. I mean, to target an old lady and search her diapers is not only absurd, but asinine.
If we have to read more of your ignorance and your foul spelling, we’re doomed. If you want to sound smart, at least spell check and use appropriate punctuation.
You WOULD say “brown”….and I suppose you never heard of the “underwear bomber.” He IS black (not brown, there’s now race called brown) and he IS Nigerian. My point is, do not say ‘brown’ people “are not the terrorist” when many African countries have Muslim extremists. Of course, you don’t have to be Muslim to be a terrorist, and not necessarily of an specific color…but TSA is too concerned with the political correctness and profile sensitivity of the very own profile that fits the majority of terrorists. I mean, to target an old lady and search her diapers is not only absurd, but asinine.
If we have to read more of your ignorance and your foul spelling, we’re doomed. If you want to sound smart, at least spell check and use appropriate punctuation.
June 30, 2011 at 9:45 am | |
Dave
You WOULD say “brown”….and I suppose you never heard of the “underwear bomber.” He IS black (not brown, there’s now race called brown) and he IS Nigerian. My point is, do not say ‘brown’ people “are not the terrorist” when many African countries have Muslim extremists. Of course, you don’t have to be Muslim to be a terrorist, and not necessarily of an specific color…but TSA is too concerned with the political correctness and profile sensitivity of the very own profile that fits the majority of terrorists. I mean, to target an old lady and search her diapers is not only absurd, but asinine.
If we have to read more of your ignorance and your foul spelling, we’re doomed. If you want to sound smart, at least spell check and use appropriate punctuation.
You WOULD say “brown”….and I suppose you never heard of the “underwear bomber.” He IS black (not brown, there’s now race called brown) and he IS Nigerian. My point is, do not say ‘brown’ people “are not the terrorist” when many African countries have Muslim extremists. Of course, you don’t have to be Muslim to be a terrorist, and not necessarily of an specific color…but TSA is too concerned with the political correctness and profile sensitivity of the very own profile that fits the majority of terrorists. I mean, to target an old lady and search her diapers is not only absurd, but asinine.
If we have to read more of your ignorance and your foul spelling, we’re doomed. If you want to sound smart, at least spell check and use appropriate punctuation.
June 30, 2011 at 9:46 am | |
Jimmy Jones
Pete, he was a foreign national not a US citizen.
Pete, he was a foreign national not a US citizen.
June 30, 2011 at 9:36 am | |
Reader
You both are wrong, its called reporting. Read any news story and if the person is from the US they will tell you which state. It is part of reporting the facts, something that is not done enough. Quit taking factual statements and applying your own slant becasue it is not the intention of the article. And the comment on the passport, really? Use some common sense. Earlier in the article it says he used expired ID, he is from Nigeria, so… the only form of ID that would be accepted is a passport. Get educated and learn to read all the facts in a story before slanting everything yourself.
You both are wrong, its called reporting. Read any news story and if the person is from the US they will tell you which state. It is part of reporting the facts, something that is not done enough. Quit taking factual statements and applying your own slant becasue it is not the intention of the article. And the comment on the passport, really? Use some common sense. Earlier in the article it says he used expired ID, he is from Nigeria, so… the only form of ID that would be accepted is a passport. Get educated and learn to read all the facts in a story before slanting everything yourself.
June 30, 2011 at 9:44 am | |
Bobbyv33
Yes, as a foreign national a passport IS required to board a plane from JFK to LAX. A nigerian drivers license is not a valid ID. The only international valid picture ID is a passport, unless he has a green card or something else issued by the Federal Government of the USA.
I need valid ID, you need valid ID and so does he.
Yes, as a foreign national a passport IS required to board a plane from JFK to LAX. A nigerian drivers license is not a valid ID. The only international valid picture ID is a passport, unless he has a green card or something else issued by the Federal Government of the USA.
I need valid ID, you need valid ID and so does he.
June 30, 2011 at 10:45 am | |
Liberalssuck
Careful what you wish for. Sometimes they come true and not exactly the way you envisioned.
Careful what you wish for. Sometimes they come true and not exactly the way you envisioned.
June 30, 2011 at 9:44 am | |
Sick of Libs
Give me your address and we will see who does the crying. Like all liberals you do nothing but talk trash and try to intimidate people. You people make me sick. You hate this country so much then get out. Tired of you and your kind trying to turn this country into Europe. You idiots need to look and see how well thats working over there. Morons.
Give me your address and we will see who does the crying. Like all liberals you do nothing but talk trash and try to intimidate people. You people make me sick. You hate this country so much then get out. Tired of you and your kind trying to turn this country into Europe. You idiots need to look and see how well thats working over there. Morons.
June 30, 2011 at 9:56 am | |
Anon
None have that I know if. And when the media comments on Europeans, it almost always mentions their specific nationality.
None have that I know if. And when the media comments on Europeans, it almost always mentions their specific nationality.
June 30, 2011 at 9:50 am | |
Keir
It doesn’t appear that people responding to this article remember the last time a Nigerian was arrested for trying to cause an explosion on a Northwestern Airlines plane back in 2009. Nigeria itself is divided between Muslims and Christians and one of my students came from a town, Jos, where the inhabitants had been massacred with machetes. But you have a problem with this article mentioning the country of origin, and would confuse this country with a European state? Hate to break it to you guys, but Europe thinks the United States is backward and reactionary…
It doesn’t appear that people responding to this article remember the last time a Nigerian was arrested for trying to cause an explosion on a Northwestern Airlines plane back in 2009. Nigeria itself is divided between Muslims and Christians and one of my students came from a town, Jos, where the inhabitants had been massacred with machetes. But you have a problem with this article mentioning the country of origin, and would confuse this country with a European state? Hate to break it to you guys, but Europe thinks the United States is backward and reactionary…
June 30, 2011 at 10:15 am | |
Keir
Morons are people who have never left their small town except to get vaccinated in the big city, let alone set foot in another country, and then propound on lecturing the rest about his views of others. What part of ‘Europe’ do you hate so much? England? Greece? Czech Republic? Germany? Austria? I can’t think of any that have higher crime rates, lower education standards and incompetent politicians as the US.
http://www.tracesofevil.com
Morons are people who have never left their small town except to get vaccinated in the big city, let alone set foot in another country, and then propound on lecturing the rest about his views of others. What part of ‘Europe’ do you hate so much? England? Greece? Czech Republic? Germany? Austria? I can’t think of any that have higher crime rates, lower education standards and incompetent politicians as the US.
http://www.tracesofevil.com
June 30, 2011 at 10:19 am | |
Unbelievable
So sad but so very true!
So sad but so very true!
June 30, 2011 at 11:25 am | |
yzhenry
You are right, had that guy been wearing DEPENDS, he would have been caught for sure.
You are right, had that guy been wearing DEPENDS, he would have been caught for sure.
June 30, 2011 at 11:47 am | |
jimmyd
Did you even proof read what you typed?
Did you even proof read what you typed?
Upside: They’re not racial profiling.
Downside: The TSA is run by Benny Hill
Federal funding….the best scheme money can buy
http://rhymeandreasonable.com/2011/06/19/sicilian-nights-muos-the-sequel/