Archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
TSA “Spins” Out of Control - Says Flight Not a Threat
This morning, Annie Jacobsen appeared on Fox & Friends and was interviewed regarding her experience on Northwest Flight 327. The interview was followed by a TSA spokeswoman attempting to carry out political damage control, and she tried unsuccessfully to discredit the current and former Federal Air Marshals who publicly came forward to expose agency management […]
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Monday, May 28th, 2007
DHS Report on Northwest Flight 327 (download pdf)
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Confirmed: SSI = CYA
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No Comments » - Posted in Dry Runs and Probes by Annie Jacobsen
Sunday, May 27th, 2007
DHS Declassifies Northwest Flight 327 Report
The Department of Homeland Security has declassified the Inspector General's report on Northwest Flight 327 — a flight which I was a passenger on back in June of 2004. It took the US government two years and eleven months to confirm what I have been writing since the flight landed — in my 28-part series […]
No Comments » - Posted in Federal Air Marshals, Dry Runs and Probes by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Former FAA Special Agent Questions TSA
Former FAA Special Agent Brian Sullivan raises an abundance of fascinating questions in his widely-circulated opinion piece, "What's Going on at the TSA?"
"What is going on at the TSA?" is a question that citizens, Senators, little old ladies and children ask every day. We're still waiting for answers. Until then, Sullivan's questions raise more […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening, Opinions and Editorials by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Fort Dix Terror Suspect was Airport Cabbie
Fort Dix terror suspect Mohamed Ibrahim Shnewer was arrested in his taxi cab at the Philadelphia airport.
From various reports that have surfaced about the plot, it's clear that these terrorists were not the sharpest tacks in the pencil box. But one wonders how long was it going to take airport cabbie Mohamed Shnewer to […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Friday, May 11th, 2007
DHS: Do As We Say, Not As We Do
Nearly four years ago, Federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean received a memo on his unsecured cell phone from Air Marshal Headquarters. The memo outlined a hotel policy change — one that would cut Air Marshal presence from long haul flights to save money. Long haul flights were the flights hijacked on 9/11 and long haul […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S. Homeland Security by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Terror Suspect Trained as Pilot in US, Paper Says
Al Watan, a daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia, asserts that one of the pilots in the Kingdom's recently foiled terror plot was trained as a pilot in the United States. Commentary on the claim from Adnkronos International:
Two of the those arrested, the newspaper said, including the suspect who allegedly underwent flying lessons in the US, […]
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Passenger Finds Box Cutters on Airplane
A passenger on United Airlines flight 490, traveling from Denver to Dallas, discovered box cutters in the seat pocket in front of her before takeoff. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has confirmed the incident. NBC in Colorado has the story:
"The passenger notified the flight attendant, who told the pilots, who called authorities," said United spokesperson […]