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May 22, 2007
Weird
I had to read this sentence from James Travers' Saturday column a few times before I was sure he was saying what he is, so far as I can see, saying:
It [Canada's no-fly list] turns law enforcement upside down and puts privacy at risk, mostly to cover the posteriors of politicians desperate to escape blame if anything goes wrong. Among its ludicrous assumptions is that extremists smart enough to use aircraft as missiles are so dumb they'll travel under their own names.
Am I taking crazy pills here? Is it not instead the case that every single extremist who's ever used a commercial aircraft as a missile has travelled under his own name?
Posted by Chris Selley at May 22, 2007 07:08 PM
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Yes the 9/11 hijackers flew under their own names and passports.
And they still weren't flagged by whatever 'watch-list' etc. was in place at the time.
If your intention is to argue in favour of a no-fly list, citing 9/11 doesn't necessarily help your cause.
I see yr point re. Travers though.
Posted by: Huge Seagull at May 25, 2007 01:01 AM