Maybe he just wanted those neato shoes that light up when you walk. But probably not. “‘Man arrested’ in Karachi airport security alert,” from BBC News, May 9 (thanks to George): A man has been held at Karachi airport after batteries and an electrical circuit were found in his shoes…
Will the Obama administration now make an issue out of where Hasan got his “violent Islamic extremism” from?
This report comes just as the Transportation Security Administration has decided to give 10,000 of its workers access to secret intelligence. Some impeccable timing there at the TSA. “Terror Talk Growing Louder on the Web,” from CBS News, February 12: (CBS) CBS News has learned that U.S. Intelligence officials are…
And how is the screening of the TSA staffers who will see this material being conducted? It is almost certain that no one would dare question any Muslim TSA staffers about their allegiance to the jihad and Islamic supremacism. It is much more likely that this will make us less…
As I wrote here in December: “One thing we have seen over the years since 9/11 is that airport security is always one step behind the jihadists: after jihadist Richard Reid attempted to set off a bomb hidden in his shoes, we all have to take off our shoes and…
“Let’s do things the way the Israelis do.” That’s the latest buzzword in airline security. It’s nice to hear the Israelis being praised for something, but if we don’t understand what the Israelis do, we’re just going to be adding another layer of bureaucracy to an already overloaded system CNN spent an hour interviewing Isaac [...]
Will the Islamophobia never end? After all, don’t you dress up in your pilot’s uniform for a Sunday stroll? Come on, admit it. “Saudi Arabian posing as pilot held at Manila airport,” from Agence France-Presse, January 12 (thanks to Mary): MANILA, Philippines–A 19-year-old Saudi Arabian man dressed as a pilot…
How rigorous but vital security precautions could prevent the next terrorist tragedy.
When does a civilization become incompetent? I’ve been mulling the question in a number of contexts over the last year, including our inability to put a stop to Somali piracy, detain a terrorist who can neither be charged nor released, think rationally about climate change, or rebuild Ground Zero in an acceptable time frame. But [...]
Is America willing to embrace the strategies necessary to stop terrorism?
