Officials: Plane diverted to Fla.

[Cetacea]

Source: Washington Post

By EILEEN SULLIVAN
The Associated Press
Friday, January 29, 2010; 5:43 PM

WASHINGTON -- Government officials say a flight was diverted to Jacksonville, Fla., because a passenger on board was an apparent match to a name on the terrorist watch list.

Law enforcement officials are looking into whether the passenger is actually a suspected terrorist listed on the government's no-fly list...

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/29/AR2010012903707.html

[Parche]

1. Lets wait until he gets on the airplane and it is at 35,000 feet first!!!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

Fatherland security strikes again....................:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Cetacea]

3. "Fatherland security".

:thumbsup:

[DJ13]

2. Wait

So they didnt check the names BEFORE they boarded the flight?!

Who's running security, Laurel & Hardy?

[DeSwiss]

4. Hey!

I resemble that remark!

[DeSwiss]

5. Whoops!

- Move along now. Nothing see here.....

"....it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The passenger - one of 75 on board - was cleared by the FBI at Jacksonville International Airport and permitted to continue on the flight to Colombia, the Transportation Security Administration said."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/29/ap/government/main6155508.shtml

[husky92]

6. Look for the Blame Game

I'm sure Fox News ratcheded up the coverage on this one and are already blaming Obama and the Democrats for being weak on homeland security. Dickless Cheney will probably be on Fox News on Sunday or sooner and all the righty Washington types will be issuing statements, etc., etc.

[JCMach1]

7. These watchlists are utterly useless because Arabic names

repeat endlessly and shift spellings.

Don't even ask how many Mohammed Mohammed's I have taught over the years...

The only thing that's going to work is biometrics.

Good luck getting that retinal scan on a terrorist!