There's something fishy about this story
Posted on 04/19/2009 4:24:48 PM PDT by mylife
US Marine arrested at Logan April 19, 2009 05:42 PM Email| Comments (0)| Text size – +
John C. Drake, Globe Staff
A US Marine was arrested today at Logan International Airport after federal airport screeners discovered a gun, bomb-making materials, and ammunition in his checked baggage, State Police and Transportation Security Administration officials said.
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How convenient for Napolitano.
A cunning stunt?
And for Eric Holder
OR one set-up Marine.....
I question the timing.
Get ready for 24/7 coverage for the next few months.
Outside of the grenade fuse, it sounds like this guy was following the rules.
I guess we can now expect that they will be doing secondary searches on all military people.
Seems pretty stupid if true, but if it was in his checked baggage he wasn't going to be using it while on the plane.
I choose the later.
I question the timing. I say he was set up... either that or one stupid marine, or taking one for HIS team.
I dont know what the regs are on the stuff besides guns and ammo.
He was following the rules fir checked firearms and ammo.
The airport screwed up.
First thing I though of also.
Would not surprise me one bit..............
Noop. It couldnt happen!
This sounds pretty innocent to me. The pistol was not loaded. But he failed to declare it. Napolitano will try to make this poor sap out to be a probable domestic terrorist and underline the DHS perceived need for close scrutiny of our Soldiers and Marines. This kid needs a good attorney.
Ewww! smells like Napalitano
“three model rocket engines containing an explosive mixture”
I wonder if these were the small over the counter a-c style estes ones or the big reloadable high power metal tubes that he had put his own mix in?
Agreed...........
The article said it was a connecting flight that the Marine was making at Logan, and normally the baggage is not rechecked with connecting flights. And it would not have been checked, except for a mistake in how the baggage got routed at Logan. Because of the mistake, they did the baggage check again, and that’s how they discovered the material.
It also said that certain items need to be “declared” and then it’s okay. I’m not sure if that includes *all* of what he had there or not (the article is not entirely clear on that).
So, basically, that sort of says to me that he declared them at his origin point but had no need to declare them on a connecting flight, because normally, the baggage is not checked again. Because of a mistake, the officials did check the baggage again — and then they say — he did not “declare” the items. Well, how could you declare them again, if you are told that they are not checked again with a connecting flight?
The whole thing sounds sort of screwy to me...
I’ll bet he did declare it at the originating flight.
There was a news story a few weeks ago where someone had their clothes stolen from their checked suitcases. The baggage clerk that did this was caught. Wonder if the same may have happened here. Someone slipped the stuff in there.
I am only familiar with estes.
Well, she (they) did lay the ground work.
We knew what was next.
You know, you may be right. But TSA has got to look like they know what they’re doing (even in the absence of a clue) and Napolitano, at DHS, who oversees TSA will certainly pull every lever to gain maximum political impact here.
No matter how you slice it TSA looks negligent to me.
OR part of the DHS conspiracy to prove that stupid report correct. So yeah, how convenient./s
“Reed was charged with possession of an infernal machine”
This is what the Globe is, ideologically. Recently it commended a book which portrayed God as acting abominably. But it is they who support many things which are just that.
I was in that very terminal on Friday afternoon, heading home to Columbus via Laguardia. Yikes.
BOSTON — A marine was found to have a firearm, fuses, and detonators in his checked bag at Logan Airport.
22-year-old Justin W. Reed was traveling from Las Vegas to Boston and was set to continue on to Charlotte, NC.
He had a couple of checked bags and one of them accidentally ended up in the luggage carousel.
Because that mistake was made, the bag had to be screened before it was put back on the plane.
Authorities say this was a lucky mistake because normally checked bags from connecting flights never get screened.
http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO110900/
Did you see any creepy marine types? /s
How very convenient.
Uh Oh! those waskilly right wing extremists nappy was trying to convince us about.
Lucky for whom?
ESPECIALLY given the date; 4/19/1775 Lexington & Concord -”Shot Heard Round the World”; 4/19/1993 Waco; 4/19/95 OKC bombing.
Strangely enough, I saw no military uniforms at either Logan or LaGuardia. I must admit though, I was still recovering from my first leg of the day; a horribly rough ride on a SAAB 340 from Presque Isle, ME to Boston. I hate commuter prop jobs.
Yeah, them puddle jumpers can be brutal.
Certainly not for the screeners in Las Vegas, who should be out on their asses for this.
No...a cupid stunt.
I flew to CA with a 9mm and 200 rounds in checked baggage and back with the 9 and 20 rounds :). This Marine’s problem was not looking at the airline’s policy for taking such stuff with him, well, except for the grenade fuse. That’s a little bizarre.
setup..BS...
High tech!
The article targets the Marine, not the screeners in Las Vegas. What does that tell you?
I am not taking the TSAs word for anything yet.
Don’t now what the deal is with this guy but the fuses used to be available inert from collector sites : )
Depending on what the deal was with the motors this guy could just be a model rocket enthusiast.
The stuff listed could all be used for model rocket launching.
Unless the engines were converted or loaded to be pipe bombs.
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