Air terrorism attempt reveals bigger ‘system’ failure

By Eugene Robinson | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…A system that allows a man identified to U.S. officials as a potential threat — by his own concerned father — to board a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with powerful explosives sewn into his underwear? That lets this man detonate his bomb as the plane prepares to land, igniting a potentially catastrophic fire? That depends on a young, athletic passenger to be seated nearby? That counts on this accidental hero to react quickly enough to thwart the terrorist’s plans? If that’s how the system works, we need a new system….”….BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/28/AR2009122801337_pf.html

 

 

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 9:15 AM and filed under FBI/CIA/NSA/DHS/DEA, History, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Technology, Terrorism. Follow comments here with the RSS 2.0 feed. Skip to the end and leave a response. Trackbacks are closed.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.