[Stoat]

[jazzlite]

"I believe that true security rests in the individual vigilance of a proud and free people who are not dependent on a nanny state to look out for their welfare or safety. I hope you agree."

How I do agree!! A national "neighborhood watch" would be a great development. Michelle Malkin is a wonderful, intelligent journalist, who is watching out for her country and for all of us.

[Jet Jaguar]

ping

[Jaysun]

The passengers began to board, and he and his partner noticed a single Middle Eastern man sitting near the front of first class. After a number of passengers had boarded, two Middle Eastern men walked by this man and made eye contact, but said nothing. They sat down together in the front of coach class. Shortly thereafter, two other Middle Eastern men also walked by the man in first class and made eye contact without speaking. They sat near the back of coach class.

Racial profiling. I'll forever stand in support of the sensible practice.

[drt1]

One other note. Besides early boarding having the Marshals sit together would seem to be a tip off and a weakness in that a single shooter would have both in his sites at the same time.

[Quilla]

Interesting post. (I see you fulfilled your duty to our gentleman freepers by providing pictures. Kudos to you)

If every incident of this nature was widely publicized, more flight attendants and individuals could spot potential terrorist activity. Granted, it may scare a few away from flying, but I thing the benefits would greatly outweigh any damage to the industry.

[durasell]

Yes, and my denist told me that one of his patient's cousins invented a car engine that runs on urine and gets 95 miles to the pee. He's being held in a secret gov't prison along with the guy who invented a ballpoint pen that never runs out of ink and the woman who developed socks that stay together in the dryer so that one of them can never be lost...

[mudblood]

I didn't know this woman's name. My wife and I love this lady (Michelle Malkin). Whenever she comes on, we immediately stop talking and turn up the volume - she's a pitbull, she's eloquent, she talks a great talk.

[R. Scott]

I believe that true security rests in the individual vigilance of a proud and free people who are not dependent on a nanny state to look out for their welfare or safety.

As do I.
Who’s the lady?

[freepersup]

Box cutters ? Either box cutters are THE tool of the (terrorist) trade... or:

1- Someone at the airport is using box cutters in their normal and customary practice, therefore they are plentiful and inconspicuous, permitting access to them and not drawing attention to their presence...

2- Bull malarkey... as in, if agents of terror are going to plant weapons onboard an airline these days, they better have more than a box cutter on them as they will be pummeled senseless by any item available to the crews, the passengers and in a scenario such as this, the ventilating devices that the US Air Marshalls happen to be packing.

I'd tend to buy this story (only slightly more) if ceramic daggers or knives were discovered hidden in the overhead bins.

[kms61]

Two thoughts:

1. I think it'll take a lot more than razor blades for any hijacker to take over a plane ever again.

2. If this is true, what was an air marshal doing telling it to his physician?

[Guenevere]

bttt

[batenkaitos]

"Arm the pilots, arm the cabin crew, arm law-abiding citizens. I will be the first in line to buy tickets on such an airline."

Oh God. I'm so going to get shot to death the next time I sneeze in a plane. Does anyone have a Greyhound ticket I can borrow?

[Khurkris]

uhhhhh.sorry, it looks like to me that this story again illustrates the failure of the TSA.

Why this is being shown as a positive reflects an effort of the media to polish the failures of the TSA...once again.

[SamAdams76]

After the repeat security screening, the passengers reboarded -- all except the five Middle Eastern men, who were nowhere to be found. The flight proceeded to its destination uneventfully.

So whatever happened to those five? We need to know the rest of the story.

[Quix]

SOBERING.

VERY stone cold sober-ing.

[Malsua]

I usually fly in excess of 50,000 miles a year. My advice to everyone. Always take the blanket.

When asked if you want one, take it. The reason is, no one with a razor blade will be able to harm you if you have the blanket. It becomes the best terrorist defense you'll have and you can use it to keep warm or as a pillow. :)

[moondoggie]

Everytime I read about one of these incidences I thank my lucky stars we survive each time we board a plane to go somewhere.

This confirms what I've thought all along. The clean-up crew are the people to watch. There have just been too many incidents of "things" being found on airplanes "AFTER" they've gone through the cabin. I don't think it can be excused as "sloppy housekeeping". Too many conincidences, IMO.

[RaceBannon]

Gotta bump this babe, she is on top of things!

[Fester Chugabrew]

After the repeat security screening, the passengers reboarded -- all except the five Middle Eastern men, who were nowhere to be found.

This raises another policy issue, namely whether we investigate the individuals who purchased these seats. Who were they? Why didn't someone - like the illustrious air marshals - follow them? What documentation exists WRT the cleaning crew?

[ovrtaxt]

Several additional incompletely folded blankets were noted, and hidden in each one was a box cutter: a total of five. It appeared that these had been placed there by the cleaning crew prior to the boarding of the airplane.

Ya don't say.