Terror In The Skies, Again?
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From WomensWallStreet.com: Terror In The Skies, Again? and Terror In The Skies, Again? Part 2
This is a first person account of Annie Jacobsen, a writer for WWS, and what she experienced recently on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles. It's hard to imagine that this was anything else but a "dry run" of a terror attack using airliners. I will admit to being somewhat sceptical when I first read the story. Such is life when you're optimistically cynical. But the followup article by WWS, along with the uptake by mainstream media has me convinced that it took place as stated.
I think what bothers me most about this is that no one in a position of authority will confirm or deny that this is taking place. But yet, we are supposed to be "vigilant and aware" whenever Homeland Security decides to issue a terror threat based on non-specific information. Leaders... If you want us to buy into Homeland Security, make us aware of the real threats like this.
From WomensWallStreet.com: Terror In The Skies, Again? and Terror In The Skies, Again? Part 2
This is a first person account of Annie Jacobsen, a writer for WWS, and what she experienced recently on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles. It's hard to imagine that this was anything else but a "dry run" of a terror attack using airliners. I will admit to being somewhat sceptical when I first read the story. Such is life when you're optimistically cynical. But the followup article by WWS, along with the uptake by mainstream media has me convinced that it took place as stated.
I think what bothers me most about this is that no one in a position of authority will confirm or deny that this is taking place. But yet, we are supposed to be "vigilant and aware" whenever Homeland Security decides to issue a terror threat based on non-specific information. Leaders... If you want us to buy into Homeland Security, make us aware of the real threats like this.
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Hm. Maybe I should have followed the political crack with this instead:
Posted by Rob McDonagh At 07:26:46 On 26/07/2004 | - Website - |
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/taylor200407211921.asp
The story does raise pretty serious concerns about how it was handled, though.
Posted by Colin Pretorius At 04:01:35 On 23/07/2004 | - Website - |
Still, it seems that things could have/should have been handled differently, and that there's something more going on than meets the eye.
Posted by Duffbert At 17:46:04 On 27/07/2004 | - Website - |
Snopes says it's bogus - the woman panicked over a situation the sky marshals had completely under control:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/skyterror.asp
Posted by Rob McDonagh At 08:27:01 On 27/07/2004 | - Website - |