Tag: airport security
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3/20 newspurge
obamessiah & the apostles of warmichael ‘savage’ weiner predicts a ‘reichstag fire-like event’*cheney: obama responsible for next 9/11*kucinich requests investigation into ‘executive assassination ring’*kucinich calls for congressional investigation into cheney ‘assassination unit’*’cheney assassination unit’ claim boost truth commission prospects*hersh puts pro-war spin on what we would normally call acts of terrorism*obama caves to israel lobby*another…
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police state int’l: protests, paranoia & the persistence of resistence
video: police execute unarmed man in public; shot in backfrom mercury news: A BART police officer struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man, stood up over the facedown Hayward resident and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched, a video taken by a train passenger apparently shows. The attorney for…
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9/11 updates: lies, timelines, surveys & foreknowledge
olbermann: white house owes apology to 9/11 victims for ‘lie’from raw replay: White House spokesperson Tony Fratto told Fox News that the events of 9/11 were unforeseeable and not President Bush’s responsibility. Countdown’s Keith Olbermann points out the numerous times the White House was briefed on suspicious activity and chose to do nothing about it.…
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9/11 updates: lawsuits, liability, chat logs & flukes
nyc ruling limits airlines’ liability for 9/11(or: lucky larry wants more)from ap: A judge says developer Larry Silverstein cannot recover more from the aviation industry than the $2.8 billion value of the World Trade Center if his lawsuits succeed. Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein made the determination in a ruling filed Thursday. The decision carried Wednesday’s…
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pilots: guns likely to discharge in airplane cockpits
from raw replay: A group of pilots and the Homeland Security Inspector General have warned that a gun holster required by the TSA makes it likely that firearm could discharge in airplane cockpits. CNN’s Jeanne Meserve reported that some pilots have refused to participate in the program until the TSA changes the holster design. This…
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homeland stupidity to take over airline watchlist in ’09
govt to take over airline passenger vettingfrom washington post: The Department of Homeland Security will take over responsibility for checking airline passenger names against government watch lists beginning in January, and will require travelers for the first time to provide their full name, birth date and gender as a condition for boarding commercial flights, U.S.…
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author critical of bush on terror watch list
from raw replay: CNN’s Drew Griffin reports that an author who was critical of Bush is on the TSA’s terror watch list. Jim Moore is the author of several books including “Bush’s war for re-election,” “Bush’s Brain,” and “The Architect.” This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast August 14, 2008.
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tsa performing emotional screening of passengers
from raw reply: “Transportation Security Administration officials aren’t just concerned with what is in your luggage anymore. Some are being trained to assess what’s going through your mind. Behavior Detection Officers who work for the TSA go through a week long training in order to look for travelers displaying involuntary physical and physiological reactions that…
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american airlines testing anti-missile technology
from wbz-tv: You can almost touch the planes as they roar over Point Shirley in Winthrop on their way to Logan Airport. The passengers were checked for explosives before they got on, however, a growing concern is what could happen away from the airport: Terrorist firing a shoulder launched-missile just outside the airport’s property. The…
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gw’s masonic bowl, patented pot & airport highs
found: george washington’s masonic bowlfrom total411: Everyone knows that George Washington grew and smoked hemp. Now, an important archaeological discovery is announced by The George Washington FoundationJuly 2: “The George Washington Foundation (GWF) announced, on July 2, 2008, that archaeologists working at the site of George Washington’s childhood home have located and excavated the remains…
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‘tsa gangstaz’
delta & tsa employees admit smuggling drugsfrom wsb-tv: Two former TSA employees and a former Delta worker admitted Wednesday to smuggling drugs at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Leslie Adgar, 42, of Decatur, Andre Mays, 24, of Atlanta, and Jon Patton, 44, of Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine and heroin. Patton and Mays were Transportation…
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spy cams in uk planes scan your face for ‘air rage’
from threat level: A prototype surveillance system being tested by the European Union would place cameras inside the back of every passenger seat to track the facial expressions of travelers and catch would-be terrorists and unruly flyers on the brink of “air rage.” The Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment, or SAFEE, project…
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blackwater twenty-four
san diego mayor blocks blackwaterfrom danger room: Blackwater Worldwide’s plans for West Coast expansion have hit another roadblock. After already backing away from one possible site in Potrero, Blackwater is now faced with a legal challenge to its plans to open a training facility in leased warehouse space in San Diego. “The company has leased…
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airways, pirate bay, texmex drugwar & assassinations
airliner hijacker found working for british airwaysfrom wikinews: A man who hijacked a domestic flight over Afghanistan has been found to be working for British Airways. 34-year-old Nazamuddin Mohammidy was one of nine men who forced the Ariana Airlines airliner to divert to the United Kingdom’s Stansted Airport in 2000… Mohammidy was jailed for 30…