Report confirms terror dry run

[On tha low Brotha]

You know,i've been called a racist because i can't be brain washed,and because i know that the enemy is here,i spoke about it on a radio station and was muzzled!!!

Ok,so here's exactly what i've been talking about,so if those that are offended by my words of common sense,then i'll stand up and be the black hitler!!!

See,what i'm talking about specifically is the enemy of the state,have we all forgotten about 9/11???

Dateline: May 30th 2007

From the washingtontime.com

Report confirms terror dry run

By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 30, 2007

"Agency management was not only covering up numerous probes and dry-run encounters from Congress and other federal law-enforcement agencies, it was also hiding these incidents from their own flying air marshals," said P. Jeffrey Black, an air marshal stationed in Las Vegas.

Homeland Security officials initially denied the complaints and blamed passengers who reported the incident to the press as behaving hysterically. However, the inspector general report shows that air marshals had the group of men under surveillance before they boarded the plane.

"Prior to boarding, one of the air marshals noticed what he later characterized as 'unusual behavior' by about six Middle Eastern males, who arrived at the gate together, then separated, and acted as if they did not know each other," the report said.

"According to the air marshals, these men were sweaty, appeared nervous and arrived after the boarding announcement. The air marshals made eye contact with one another to ensure they were aware of this behavior," the report said.

The inspector general's two-year investigation was originally released in April 2006 but was then wholly redacted except for two sentences. The re-release stems from a Freedom of Information request by The Times on April 25, 2006, which was answered Friday.

Portions of the report remain redacted. However, current and former air marshals who reviewed a copy provided by The Times say the activities of the men details a dry run for a terrorist attack.

"This report is evidence of Homeland Security executives attempting to downplay and cover up an unmistakable dry run that forced flight attendants to reveal the air marshals and compel the pilots to open the flight deck door," said Robert MacLean, a former air marshal who was fired last year for revealing that the service planned to cut back on protection for long-distance flights to save money.


Suspicious behavior

According to the report, Flight 327 was "delayed for five minutes because one of the 13 suspicious passengers, who appeared not to understand English and walked with a limp, was seated in the emergency exit row. The flight attendant determined he was unable to operate the emergency procedures and delayed the flight while having him exchange seats."

"On the flight, 13 Middle Eastern men behaved in a suspicious manner that aroused the attention and concern of the flight attendants, passengers, air marshals and pilots," the report said. The men "walked in the aisle, appearing to count passengers," and "several men spent excessive time in the lavatories."

"One man rushed to the front of the plane appearing to head for the cockpit. At the last moment, he veered into the first-class lavatory, remaining in it for about 20 minutes," according to the report. One man carried a McDonald's bag into the lavatory, and "another man, upon returning from the lavatory, reeked strongly of what smelled like toilet bowl chemicals."

"Some men hand signaled each other. The passenger who entered the lavatory with the McDonald's bag made a thumbs-up signal to another man upon returning from the lavatory. Another man made a slashing motion across his throat, appearing to say 'No.' "

As the flight descended into Los Angeles, the report said, "four of the suspicious individuals stood up and made their way to the back of the plane," where "the individuals used the rear lavatory, and one of the men was doing stretching exercises/knee bends by the exit door."


Warning signs

The men were briefly detained, but only two were questioned.

"The Federal Air Marshal supervisor examined the visas, but did not notice the visas had expired on June 10, 2004," the report said. One of the air marshals assigned to the flight noticed the expiration, but "erroneously believed he was not legally entitled" to run a background check.

According to the report, the marshal's "primary concern, at that time, was not whether the visas expired, but to copy the visa pages so that Customs and Border Patrol could later run a database check on these individuals."

The FBI issued a warning in April 2004, just two months before the flight, that terrorists may be trying to enter the country under cultural or sports visas, the same visas carried by the 12 Syrian men who claimed to be musicians.

Robert Jamison, deputy administrator for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), defended the agency's action in its official response to the IG audit, which is included in the report.

"The reported suspicious activity was determined to be unfounded, and not a terrorist threat, and therefore did not merit an HSOC referral," he said.

The inspector general disagreed, and said TSA's actions once the matter became public proved that the agency thought otherwise.

The "HSOC clearly signaled a referral was merited by logging the Flight 327 matter into its database on July 26, 2004, after a July 22, 2004, Washington Times article, and an inquiry from the White House Homeland Security Council."

Mr. Jamison said, "Law-enforcement assessments made by the FAMS and FBI on June 29, 2004, were appropriate."

However, the inspector general said the FBI did not begin a full investigation until July 19, and air marshal officials were assigned to assist the FBI between July 22 and Aug. 4.

"It's unfortunate that the suspects were released from custody, but it's not surprising," said Jeffrey Denning, a former air marshal who quit the agency last month.

"The overt behavior of the 13 men on Flight 327 was indicative of a terrorist probe. It appeared rehearsed, coordinated and planned. It was menacing activity," Mr. Denning said.

Past behavior

A background check conducted weeks later in the FBI's Automated Case Support (ACS) system revealed that the promoter was involved in a similar probe on Jan. 28, 2004.

The unnamed promoter "was one of eight passengers acting suspiciously aboard Frontier Airlines Flight 577 from Houston through Denver, to San Francisco," the report said.

"Flight attendants reported all eight passengers kept trying to switch seats while boarding and during the flight, made repeated service requests in what the attendants described as an effort to keep the flight crew occupied. One took a cell phone into the front lavatory, remained in the lavatory for over 15 minutes, but did not appear to have the phone when leaving the lavatory," the report said.

The incident followed a series of breaches of airline security in December and January, when the FBI issued a memo warning that suicide terrorists were plotting to hijack trans-Atlantic planes by smuggling "ready-to-build" bomb kits past airport security to be assembled in aircraft bathrooms.

"Terrorist operatives are more confident that they can successfully smuggle [bomb] components, rather than fully assembled bombs past airport security," the memo said. "It is conceivable terrorists may plan to use this private area to construct [bombs] in order to facilitate access to the cockpit, or position themselves in front of the passengers."
Electronic devices, such as cell phones, can be used to detonate explosives.


'Defenseless' flights

"What is disturbing to us as pilots is that there are now a number of incidents like this taking place across our industry and the vast majority of our flights are still defenseless," said Captain David Mackett, president of the Airline Pilots Security Alliance.

"If I were a member of Congress, I'd be asking some hard questions about why such a small percentage of flights have armed pilots or air marshals aboard, while the TSA whistles past the graveyard, asking us to believe none of this is related to terrorism," Mr. Mackett said.

The audit was initiated "because of media reports concerning actions taken by departmental personnel in response to events on Flight 327" and "to determine the various systems for recording and reporting suspicious passengers and activities."

The report sought to "determine the specific circumstances relating to Flight 327, including the department's handling of the suspicious passengers after the plane landed."

The inspector general made three recommendations, with part of one being redacted.

One recommended that the marshal service "develop or acquire technology to permit effective and timely in-flight communication," a capability that air marshals say they still lack despite a $15 million congressional appropriation to develop the technology.

"When handling suspicious passengers and activities aboard commercial aircraft," the department was directed to establish guidelines to clarify agency roles and responsibilities and share information. The inspector general called the follow-up action "inadequate."

The final recommendation was to develop and execute a memorandum of understanding with the FBI, which the Federal Air Marshal Service said was unneeded.


So how long are we gonna continue to ignore what's staring us directly in the face?

Because at the end of the day....It's gonna be us against the enemy of the state!!!

Don't depend on your government to keep you safe...Trust that!!!

[Ambassador]

What were you saying that was being muzzled?
I don't think there is any question that there are terrorists in North America waiting to do it again. Look how long they took from the first Trade center attack to the final one(9 years). The only thing I don't want to see happen is many people use terrorism to justify racism against good middle eastern people. Tim McVeigh wasn't middle Eastern. The president didn't take out Michigan because the state harbored the Michigan Militia.
Double standard or bigger plans?
hmmm

Here is how you stop terrorism. Get the US out of the Middle East.
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CEO Embassy Entertainment Group Inc

[On tha low Brotha]

No,how you get rid of terrorists are to let every arm of the american military start doing sweeps in every city of those who they already have intel on who are either up to their neck in the war against the west,or those who are affiliated with individuals who are planning to make moves against us.

We can no longer afford to let these unsavory individuals be walking the streets among us and letting them make plans to murk us when they get the word to make moves.

Look at the pussy canadian prime minister...One of those terrorists said that he was gonna behead that dude,and they were planning to clap innocent people in the streets in toronto,and burlington.

All i'm gonna say is that it's a good thing that i'm not the prime minister...There would be no trial,why waste tax payers dollars when i can get my rope and make this a spectacle in a major city hall square

[Jordan Jones]

[Ambassador]

[On tha low Brotha]

Ambassador Says: Your boy George is finding that out along with the rest of the gun happy GOP

LOL Well...I'm definately not down with the red party,but there's nothing wrong with being strapped up bruh,but ya gotta ask your self,if the military doesn't start doing sweeps,then how do we rid our selves of those who are waiting to make moves homie,i think it now comes down to round them all up and widdle it down to process of elimination,and you can easily find out who's affiliated and who's not...It's a dirty job but i think 1600 pennsylvania boulevard needs to make it happen before it's too late to do something about it.

[Ambassador]

[On tha low Brotha]

Well as far as i'm concerned the mexicans are safe,now as for the real threats,these cats need to be picked up if it's found out that they're making plans to make moves,and as for those cats down in trinidad...If they wanna get picked up...Then just keep acting the fool and they can be added to the list like them cats that were planning to make moves on JFK airport late last week...and some of them cats were from New Guinea.

And if the stars n stripes has that kind of problem dealing with these cats, i can just imagine who we have here waiting to jump off and the mess that the canadian government will be dealing with.