Archive for July, 2007
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Wanna’ Buy a TSA Uniform? Try Salvation Army
Earlier this month, and for only $2.50, you could have been the proud owner of a TSA screener uniform — gold shield patch and all. It was up for sale at a Salvation Army thrift store in Kailua, Hawaii. From KITV Honolulu:
Nurse Mary Ellen Zigli was shopping for hospital scrubs on July 3 at […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, July 23rd, 2007
John Doe Still Kicking: Thoughts From Ground Zero
I spent last week in New York City. The last time I was there, the Twin Towers were standing. This time, I went to Ground Zero. As I stood at the edge of the hole watching the giant red cranes move cement blocks back and forth, my cell phone rang. I felt too sad to […]
No Comments » - Posted in Opinions and Editorials by Annie Jacobsen
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Terror Suspects Arrested Had 747 Airplane Manual
Italian police have arrested three Moroccan terror suspects and are charging them with running a "terror school" inside a mosque in central Italy. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the police report which stated that "in between daily prayers, the small mosque doubled as a training camp." Among the items that police seized during […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Arab Liberals on Terror Doctors
MEMRI, The Middle East Media Research Institute is running a series of writings by Arab liberals and their thoughts on the global jihad doctors:
Arab Liberals on the 'Terrorist Doctors' Plot in the U.K.
The recent failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow provoked a great deal of commentary among liberals in the Middle East and North […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Friday, July 13th, 2007
Debra Burlingame on Diverted American Airlines Flight: “Flight Crews Are Looking Out For Us All”
Yesterday, American Airlines Flight 136 from Los Angeles to London was diverted to New York after flight crew expressed concerned about a passenger. In a statement, American Airlines said the decision to divert was made after a flight attendant became suspicious about one of the passengers. The Associated Press offered these details:
The flight attendant […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Jordanian Native “Artfully” Conceals Gun in Luggage
US passport holder and Jordanian native Ahmad Abdullah Abu Ghanam was arrested earlier this week at Jacksonville International Airport after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found a .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol — wrapped in aluminum foil and with the serial numbers filed off — in his checked luggage.
The airport's Federal Security Director Ed Goodwin […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
NYT: UK Terror Suspect Had Aviation Link
The New York Times is reporting that Kafeel Ahmed — the man named by British Police as the driver of the Jeep Cherokee loaded with gasoline canisters and driven into the Glasgow Airport — worked as an aeronautical engineer until July 2006.
BANGALORE, India, July 9 — Kafeel Ahmed, the engineer identified by police as one […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, July 9th, 2007
Saudi “Student” in US Airport Incident Goes Missing
In "Ticket to an American University or Ticket to Paradise?" I write about the disturbing case of Saudi "student" Anwar Al—. In lieu of today's article in the Telegraph, "New UK Terror Threat From Foreign Students," my article is worth revisiting. In it, I detail how a young Saudi male obtained a US student visa […]