[JohnGalt]

I think the $64K question that no one wants to answer is whether the box-cutters were brought through the metal detectors or whether the weapons were stashed on the plane.

If it's the latter scenario, then the only people who did their job that day were the $4.50 an hour baggage handlers, the people who were blamed and lost their jobs because of 9/11, while the trillion-dollar "intelligence" agencies failed completely, with no high level resignations.

[wheezer]

I think the $64K question that no one wants to answer is whether the box-cutters were brought through the metal detectors or whether the weapons were stashed on the plane.

I've wondered that myself.

[Phantom Lord]

On Sept. 11, it was NOT illegal to bring box cutters or knives onto planes. This was NOT a failure of airport security. The failure was in CONGRESS and their refusal to protect our borders and allow anyone and everyone into the country on visas as long as the application said "student."

Congress clearly couldnt admit fault, so they targeted the easiest target. Airport security.

[Texaggie79]

I think the $64K question that no one wants to answer is whether the box-cutters were brought through the metal detectors or whether the weapons were stashed on the plane.

Then the 128k question is why the pilots of 4 different planes allowed terrorists to take control of them when the threat was box cutters. Not that I think they had more than box cutters, but that airline security companies never foresaw terrorists using plains as missiles.

[ChadGore]

Re: "..whether the box-cutters were brought through the metal detectors..

For what it's worth, I used to travel for a living and was on 4 to 6 flights a week. I carried a 6" yellow colored box cutter (with extra blades in the handle) in my carry-on for YEARS while traveling around the lower 48 states.

The one and only time I had to remove the blades was on a trip going into to Canada.

[Clinging Bitterly]

I think the $64K question that no one wants to answer is whether the box-cutters were brought through the metal detectors or whether the weapons were stashed on the plane.

I have two boxcutters at work that are imprinted with the logo of the airline that handed them out to customers. Bet they don't do that anymore.

Dave in Eugene