How come Chicago didn't get a hint when they checked the luggage of the two that were arrested in Amsterdam?
Those items were an empty shampoo bottle with watches attached to it and an empty bottle of a stomach medicine with mobile phones attached, according to the U.S. law enforcement source, who has been briefed on the investigation. That has raised concern that the men may have been testing a future terrorist plot, the source said. Attempts to sneak liquid explosives aboard jetliners were at the heart of a 2006 plot broken up by British authorities. That case led U.S. authorities to ban all but small quantities of liquids from aircraft cabins. U.S. law enforcement officials told CNN that the checked bags contained knives and box cutters as well. Passengers have been banned from carrying those items on aircraft since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. The source identified the men aboard United Airlines Flight 908, from Chicago, Illinois, to Amsterdam, as Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al-Soofi and Hezem al-Murisi. Al-Soofi began his trip by boarding a flight in Birmingham, Alabama, and al-Murisi originally flew from Memphis, Tennessee, the law enforcement source said. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/30/netherlands.airport.arrests/?hpt=T1#fbid=7MGqzrlTZTN&wom=false Nahhhh we can't profile those who carry that kind of stuff after all we have to be political correct and not profile any with a Muslim name right??
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I don't know, but what the hell, let's blame Obama.
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The problem is, first you have a Government like ours that's afraid of its own shadow, everything must be done in a way that is nice. Second, you have our law enforcement that's supposed to do its job while their hands are tied. It is much better according to politicians to be PC than it is to do things right and keep people safe. Remember, just like in Afghanistan, we don't want to offend people that want to kill us. But isn't it interesting that most of the airport security force in Chicago is Muslim. They let anyone through.
