Report confirms terror dry run

Washington Times ^

[banjo joe]

Most telling is this item:

"...including failure to file an incident report until a month after the matter became public."

Our overseer's will do nothing until the heat is applied, so keep up the heat.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I remember a lady writing extensively about this incident (she was onboard). Happy to see she is vindicated but disturbed that everything played out like this!

[BuffaloJack]

June 2004?
Why are we receiving stale news?

[banjo joe]

Our officials may turn a blind eye but I a single American will not. And I will act if neccessary.

I hear ya, and so do they -- and they will jail, bury and ruin you.

[xjcsa]

It couldn’t be reported because they had already checked two muslims on the flight. If they questioned this many more, it would have been viewed as “profiling”, and we can’t have that /sarc off

There is no such rule, and was no such rule at the time.

[xjcsa]

Wasn’t there a United Flight 925 buried too about the same time?

Women’s Wall Street did an extensive series on it called “Terror in the Skies.”

That was this same incident, not United.

[Eye of Unk]

Yes I agree but at least I will send a message like the passengers on flight 93.

[NittanyLion]

An air marshal who told The Times that he has been involved personally in terror probes that were ignored by federal security managers, called such behavior typical.

Just incredible. Our elected representatives and appointed officials spend their time posturing and bickering over nonsense while ignoring these critical issues. It's at times like this when one has to fear for the future of this nation.

[beckaz]

Waddya mean can't keep tabs?

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services extended the visas one week after the June 29, 2004, incident.

They ACTUALLY extended their visas. Remember these are the same idiots who mailed Mohamed ATTA a renewed visa 6 months after 9/11.

God help us on terrorism AND on the new immigration fiasco.

[JerseyHighlander]

The members of that band are some of the most popular wedding singers in Syria. Granted, wedding singers don’t get much respect in the mainstream American culture, but in an Islamic country where weddings and social gatherings are some of the most prominent venues for live musicians, they are pretty popular. TV appearances, live performances at some of the poshest weddings in Syria and Syrian/Lebanese diaspora weddings, and decent record sales in Syria.

Even back during the Women’s Wall Street expose on this story, it just doesn’t sound plausible these idiots were terrorists. They’re real musicians, you expect them to be fighters? They’re real musicians, acted eccentric and were probably hung over.

It really doesn’t make any sense. They never made the news immediately after the incident cause even the people who detained them couldn’t find any way to consider them suspects.

The fear mongers are waving them about though, trying to scare us into further budget increases for the department.

[NittanyLion]

They’re real musicians, acted eccentric and were probably hung over.

Good point - I know every time I'm hung over I always pretend I don't know my friends, walk down the aisle counting other passengers, get that blue toilet liquid all over me, etc. < /sarcasm >

I've been hung over on a plane; it was all I could do to slump into my seat and wait out the misery. Your theory seems totally implausible to me.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Stop all travelers from the middle east. Subject them to intense scrutiny. Limit the number who may enter the USA. Track their movements while they are in the USA.

[marktwain]

“The fear mongers are waving them about though, trying to scare us into further budget increases for the department”

It appears that you have more information about the people involved than most of us at Freerepublic. Something does not seem quite right about this article. I find it difficult to believe that it occurred just as described, because our security officials are generally competent, IMHO. Some of the characterizations in the story seem totally tilted toward one side, as if this were an editorial.

Any more information that you could post would be appreciated.

I am not saying that this was not a “dry run”, but I do not trust the way this article portrays things.

It does seem unlikely to me that successful singers would be suicide jihadists, but could they be recruited to do a “dry run”, just because they would be more likely to “get a pass” on suspicious behavior?

[Eagles6]

save

[CholeraJoe]

Is Syrian music more like German Oompa Polka or Country and Western?

[agere_contra]

but could they be recruited to do a “dry run”, just because they would be more likely to “get a pass” on suspicious behavior?

Excellent point

[Gideon Reader]

For God’s sake.
Save us a BUNCH of money and trouble.
Subcontract the entire matter of Airline Security to a professional Israeli (El Al)airlines security company. Deputize their employees as Deputy U.S.Marshals so they can legally carry firearms, and access the appropriate databases, then GET OUT OF THEIR WAY AND LET THEM DO THE JOB AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
From Drive up to Check in, to Gate, to Take off, to Landing and Baggage pick up.
Get all U.S.civil service fingers out of it before the U.S.Government gets somebody killed by incompetence and gross stupidity.

[pabianice]

Flash: TSA spokeswoman on Fox now (8:26AM ET) says the report did NOT find it was a terrorist dry run. Is the TSA on our side or on the side of politically correct America haters?