Mark Steyn -- Mohammed Atta and his federal loan officer

National Post (Toronto) ^ | June 10, 2002 | Mark Steyn

[Clive]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

I don't know whether to laugh or to strangle somebody.

[Publius6961]

Thanks for this story.
I had heard references to it on the radio, but it's chilling to see it described in print.

Documentation that our bureaucracy is manned by morons, albeit it educated morons...

[Clive]

There is a sort of "Alice in Wonderland" quality to it.

[Dudoight]

Absolutely amazing! Steyn hit it on the head. As usual.

[tet68]

bump, this one deserves it.

[hang 'em]

Proof that we are not only at war with the Islamists but also the Liberalists.

[Grig]

Unbelievable.

If this loan officer refused the loan based on this guys behavior, she would have probably lost her job for it too and been called a racist.

[Aggie Mama]

I am speechless.....PC will be the death of this country.

[angkor]

There was an Islamist who began a not-so-subtle threats campaign right here on FR several days after 9/11 (he and another cohort sent myself and some others private Freepmail).

Unfortunately, the bonehead had his "private" email address prominently listed in his profile, which was readily traced to his name, address, and place of business in California.

These Islamists are diabolical, barbaric, savage, and determined, but they don't seem to possess large IQs.

[tictoc]

"Kick Me - Please" bump

[Bommer]

The good news is we're up against idiots

.....The Bad news is that we're protected and governed by idiots!

Atta could have had a tatoo on his forehead that said, "on 9/11/02 I will crash a jet into the WTC building", and this utter buracratical moron still wouldn't have noticed anything. On the plus side, she's still employed and probably granting loans helping muslims startup more crop dusting services!

[WL-law]

This IS a joke, isn't it?? Isn't it?? Please tell me it's a joke -- this COULD NOT have happened. Someone PLEEAASSE confirm?

[thinden]

There'll be more of these stories, tales of men virtually screaming their intentions but up against a culture sensitivity-trained into a coma.

tried & true. worked for oswald in new orleans & mcveigh at waco.

[bvw]

what would prevent him from going behind my desk and cutting my throat ... Ms. Bryant replied politely that .. she was trained in karate.

So sorry, Ms. Bryant, honey, your "karate" is worthless while seated, and hardly useful in a counterattack against a surprise vicious knife attack to the neck, even if you weren't seated.

[MrMatt]

Has anyone determined WHY these guys needed a loan to pull off these schemes? All published reports indicate that money was never a problem.

[chemainus]

my daughter is a university financial aid officer and she says the number of illegals receiving a full $30,000 ticket is huge and sanctioned by Dept of Educ rules that dictate looking the other way

[Big Bunyip]

they don't seem to possess large IQs.

Yep. Who else but an idiot would belong to a religion that won't let a man take a drink?

[iconoclast]

Steyn hit it on the head. As usual.

He always does, doesn't he? I've been expecting this story to pop up on FR, and Steyn's version is the perfect one.

This air-headed bureaucrat's story illustrates some of the biggest weaknesses in our pitifully flacid society ... political correctness, sensitivity training, diversity, affirmative action/job-quota hiring.