Security Options Abound at Airports

Heard this morning on the radio that terrorists are playing with surgically implanted bombs in breasts and buttocks.

Breast implanted bombs are likely to be more effective than butt bombs.

However, it would appear that all legitimate citizens ought to be constantly forced to bear arms wherever they go.

If security protocols had been observed the Christmas day escapade wouldn't have occurred. Complacency kills...

Armed citizens deter crime.

http://detnews.com/article/20100127/NATION/1270405/Terror-suspect-kept-visa-to-avoid-tipping-off-larger-investigation

Washington --The State Department didn't revoke the visa of foiled terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab because federal counterterrorism officials had begged off revocation, a top State Department official revealed Wednesday ... Patrick F. Kennedy, an undersecretary for management at the State Department, said Abdulmutallab's visa wasn't taken away because intelligence officials asked his agency not to deny a visa to the suspected terrorist over concerns that a denial would've foiled a larger investigation into al-Qaida threats against the United States."

The only reason Abdulmutallab was allowed to pass through the simple and elementary security measures which would have prevented him from boarding that plane in Nigeria was because American intelligence agents had requested the airline to suspend these security restrictions and let this man on the plane, even though he had neither visa nor passport!

In other words, American intelligence agents took very unusual action to ensure that this "bomber" could board the first leg of his trip to the United States!

This next article pulls no punches. The author, Kurt Haskell, is the lawyer who witnessed the well-dressed man who shepherded Abdulmutallab through the airport security checkpoint, even though the Nigerian did not have even minimal documentation.

http://www.infowars.com/the-sharp-dressed-man-who-aided-mutallab-onto-flight-253-was-u-s-government-agent/

Since our flight landed on Christmas Day, Lori and I have been doing everything in our power to uncover the truth about why we were almost blown up in the air over Detroit. The truth is now finally out after the publication of the following Detroit News article."

Haskell then refers to the Detroit news article we mentioned, above. Then, Haskell provides his analysis.

"With the information we already knew and the admission from the above referenced Detroit News article, we have evidence and claims made by government officials that the U.S. Government wanted Mutallab to proceed into the U.S. in order to obtain information on other terrorists involved with him. Once we take this statement and add it to my eyewitness account of a 'Sharp Dressed Man' escorting Mutallab through the boarding process and allowing him to board without a valid passport we can make the connection that the 'Sharp Dressed Man' was a U.S. Government official/agent."

After listing the many details which Haskell uncovered in his investigation and the lies in which he caught government officials, Haskell provides us the bottom-line statement.

"Janet Naploitano's statement that 'The System Worked'. From her point of view it probably did as this WAS PART OF THE SYSTEM!"

Yes, indeed, the escorting of Abdulmutallab through the airport security measures so that he could complete his flight to the United States for the alleged purpose of carrying out a "terrorist attack" was nothing more, nor less, than a government operation to stage a false attack. Why would the government wish to do this?

To understand this question, you only have to look at the increased security measures levied against millions of air travelers because of this failed "terror attempt". Let us list just a few of these new measures:

1) Invasive body scanning devices -- People of all body shapes and sizes and weights are going to object mightily to these new machines. Untold numbers of travelers will now creatively figure out a way in which to travel by another means or not travel at all. Business travelers will seriously consider video teleconferencing as an alternative to flying all participants to the meeting place.

2) Reports have surfaced that travelers will not be allowed to carry on any type of baggage, including laptops and brief cases. If enacted, this measure could complete the financial ruin of airlines. When I was an executive toy buyer for two large retail corporations I carried my brief case wherever I went. During short-time trips, I even carried additional underwear in my briefcase.

Disallowing the carry-on brief cases could cause many business executives to attempt to not travel to their appointments by air.

3) Updated Explosives Screening

4) "All passengers flying to the U.S. from countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism or certain other countries 'of interest' -- including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria -- will be subject to enhanced screening, which could include full-body pat-downs, a physical inspection of personal property, or screening by one of the 40 advanced-imaging machines located in 19 U.S. airports, said a Transportation Security Administration official."

These are a lot of new security rules that are being set in place because of a failed "terrorist attempt" by a clumsy, inept "terrorist"! But, these kind of events which make no sense whatsoever are some of the trademarks of a government operation, as officials have never proven successful in properly tying up loose ends.

The fallout from attacks/attempts makes huge hassles for the public even when they "fail". Box cutters? We'll take away everybody's nailclippers. Shoe bomber? No sweat now we'll inspect everyone's shoes. Want everybody to travel without shampoo? - bingo. No surprise about the "crotch bomber" it was bound to happen - if you're having such success making the security people harass everyone in wierder and wierder ways..., all you have to do is some half-arsed bomb hidden you know where.

All the security sequalae reminds me of that old saying "shutting the barn door after the horse is gone". If a terrorist uses shoes, well are they really expecting a rash of copycats? That guy was caught, already... You know the terrorists are thinking, what will we do next, now that they're focusing on (nailclippers, shoes, shampoo, privates..).

As for the latest, they've been wanting to X-ray everybody for a while now, so they got their excuse for the less lethal thing next to it. It's probably for the best, and I sure hope it works.