The Plot That Was Not: "U.S. to relax air travel restrictions"

[leftchick]

as Rosanne Rosanna Danna would say, "nevermind".... :eyes:

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WASHINGTON - The government is relaxing its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, instituted after a plot to bomb jets flying into the United States was foiled, an administration official said Monday.

A Homeland Security Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made, said that most liquids and gels that air travelers purchase in secure areas of airports will now be allowed on planes.

That means that after passengers go through airport security checkpoints, they can purchase liquids at airport stores and take them onto their planes, said the official. Announcement of the new rules was being made at an 11 a.m. EDT news conference at Reagan National Airport.

The tougher airport screening procedures were put in place in August after British police broke up a terrorist plot to assemble and detonate bombs using liquid explosives on airliners crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Britain to the U.S.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060925/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/air_travel_security

[babylonsister]

1. Amazing we haven't heard a word about 'the plot that was not'-

love that!
And why aren't the media whores questioning why this too faded into the woodwork?

[C_U_L8R]

4. the faux terror did it's job

it took the heat off the administration
by stirring up a fresh pot of fear mongering

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. What will it take for people to catch on to this crap?

[savemefromdumbya]

15. brain transplants?

[leftchick]

19. media scrutiny would be a start

at least KO has shined a light on the terra BS time line and politics.

[marmar]

5. Is it bad to disbelieve everything your government says?

I swear, Homeland Security could tell me that man-eating lions were roaming my neighborhood, I could look out the window and see the lions, and I would still go outside. I just don't believe ANYTHING they say anymore.

[babylonsister]

6. I'm right next to you in my disbelief as well; if their lips are moving,

they're lying. They've done a heckuva job reassuring Americans...:eyes:

[malaise]

11. I don't care who calls me a tin foil hat

wearer. I believe nothing spewed by these liars.

[leftchick]

13. in this case it is good to disbelieve them

because we know we are being lied to 24/7 about EVERYTHING! Now I know how the Soviet citizens felt.

:(

[niallmac]

2. Simple citizen says: Take off your shoes

Simple citizen says drink your baby's formula.
Set your shoe on fire.
Oh oh! Simple citizen didn't say.
Simple citizen says Ignore the screams of people we are torturing.
Very Good!!

[Double T]

3. The mouthwash, toothpaste and deodorant lobbyists must be very happy......

they have succeeded in increasing their clients sales through government controls and have helped boost the economy. What a great job!!!!

[TechBear_Seattle]

12. The real pressure has been from the airports themselves

Most US airports are run as for-profit businesses. They get a sizeable cut of the in-airport sales from gift shops and items stands. When people are not buying perfume, toothpaste, sodas, etc., the airports lose thousands of dollars a week (at least, the Seattle-Tacoma Airport was, according to local news.)

[madokie]

8. or as Rosanne Rosanne Danna would also say

if it ain't one thing its always another

[TechBear_Seattle]

9. "Just last week, upon the plane..."

An updated version of a humorous little poem I learned as a kid. It seems to fit what the Junta wants America to believe.

Just last week, upon the plane,
There was a threat that never came.
It didn't come again today.
Oh, how I wish it'd go away!

[dogday]

10. My husband was able to take his toiletries

on board... He was going to check his luggage, then found out his case would be accepted on-board, so he carried on and his personal things were fine, even a wrapped small gift, which they did not unwrap... This was on Friday....

[Imagevision]

14. Fema, people need to be in fear - Fema, people need to...relax!

heckofajob

[catmandu57]

16. Quietly

silently crawfishing away, soon this too will slip down the memory hole and we'll never remember there was a time when people were made so afraid by their own government that they could take a bottle of baby formula or a soda on a plane.

[smoogatz]

17. Just one problem: That bottle of water you used to buy

in the airport bookstore for $1.95? It now costs fifteen bucks. Have a pleasant flight.

[bigbrother05]

18. Emily Littella ... "never mind"

MadOkie (#8) got it. "It's always something."

[NMMNG]

20. Wow, I'm sooooo surprised

:sarcasm:


How convenient that the liquids must be purchased at the (outrageously overpriced) airport shops.

[peanutbrittle]

21. British Army expert casts doubt on 'liquid explosives' threat, Al Qaeda ne

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Sources_August_Terror_Plot_Fiction_Underscoring_0918.html

[malaise]

22. Looks like the plot was

to force all of us to pay those ridiculous prices for drinks in the airport.:D