dixieflyer
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Looks like the feds nabed two more A-rabs.
Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 11:53 A.M. Pacific
2 Pakistanis arrested at Sea-Tac; one man's name on terror list
Two Pakistani men are being held in Seattle after an airline employee at
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport found one of their names on a
terrorism-related no-fly list Saturday night.
One of the men, 36, carrying a British Columbia driver's license, paid
cash for a one-way ticket to New York's John F. Kennedy International
Airport.
********After the airline employee called 911, **********
the man left the counter, abandoning his ticket.
The other man, 29, who had a New York driver's license, also paid cash for
a one-way ticket to Kennedy Airport on a different airline, police reports
show.
Port police detained both men, then turned them over to the FBI. They are
being held on immigration violations as part of a growing international
investigation being conducted by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and
the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE).
"We are aware of the situation," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd
Greenberg, a counter-terrorism prosecutor in Seattle. "We are expending
all available resources toward the investigation."
The two men both were using Pakistani passports and reportedly were seen
together at the airport earlier in the evening, law-enforcement sources
said.
After their arrests, the men told investigators they paid to be smuggled
into Blaine from Canada last month, two sources said.
Both men are being held for investigation of administrative immigration
violations. No criminal charges have been filed.
"There are questions about whether they are in the country legally," said
BICE spokesman Michael Milne. "We want to know how they entered the
country and what they're doing here."
The men, whose names have not been released, were arrested about 10 p.m.
Saturday on the ticketing level after an
*****American Airlines employee and a ticket agent from another major
airline*****
became suspicious and ran the men's names through the Transportation
Security Administration's (TSA) no-fly database of suspected terrorists.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings, airlines have routinely been running
security checks on passengers who purchase one-way tickets or use cash.
Once the identity of one of the men is confirmed, "this is going to turn
into a big deal," a federal source said.
"This time it sounds like (the list) really worked," said Brian Jenkins, a
terrorism expert and senior adviser to the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica,
Calif. "Hopefully, that makes up for the times that people were
irritated."
It is unclear whether the men had luggage. "They had very little on them,"
said one law-enforcement source.
Canadian officials have told federal investigators here that one of the
men was in Canada legally until they found out he possessed an altered
Pakistani passport.
"Of course, you wonder about these guys," Jenkins said. "They're not
particularly clever, coming to the airport to buy one-way tickets and to
pay cash."
======================================================
OK...have we published it enough yet that buying a one way ticket for cash
just might attract attention? Are these terrorists so dumb they can't get
it yet? Maybe the news media could stress it a bit more as a social
service to make sure Ossama and the boys really, really get it?
And how nice to know that TWO YEARS after 9/11 we have installed systems
at the airport to report security problems -- CALL 911!!! How
appropriate. How sick. No way to better contact airport security. TSA?
Oops, they only inspect and harass. No arrest authority. They don't
chase and hold. They just flush out the grannies and let the real
security do their thing. Call 911 and hope the line isn't busy.
Something to remember next time you need help at an airport....
Immigration violations? Legally in Canada UNTIL FOUND TO HAVE AN ALTERED
PASSPORT! And then they get to walk around until they can arrange to be
smuggled into the US??? Not even a mention of the name to us by our
Canadian friends that they found a Pakistani with an altered passport who
then became an illegal in Canada! Heck, we might have looked at a list of
terrorists and seen if the name was there....ya think?"
Told investigators they paid to be smuggled into the US last month...but
it's only an INVESTIGATION OF IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS??? Gee, I wonder
what the investigation will find out? Only time will tell. In other
news, there are questions whether a confess serial killer has done
anything wrong.........ARGH!
American Airlines employee AND ticket agent FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE.....Let's
see, they got nabbed trying to BUY A TICKET. Any bets the AIRLINE
EMPLOYEE who called it in was the TICKET AGENT? Gotta wonder who the AA
employee was and when they got involved. I recall TICKET AGENTS are the
ones who sell tickets. Makes ya wonder about how intense our (AMR's)
security checks are for this stuff.....
Yup, looks like the list really worked this time....wonder how they got
from Pakistan to Canada. No matter....all the mindless checks and insults
on those NOT ON THE LIST, have been made up for -- PLUS WE GET TO STRESS
TO THE WORLD THAT ****WE GOT THIS LIST!!!!! DON'T BUY ONE WAY TICKETS FOR
CASH OR WE WILL MATCH YOUR NAME TO OUR LIST!!!!!******* Did I mention
ARGH?
I love the last paragraph.....could we also apply it to the speaker and
those who publish all this info? Yes.
We are on our own out there......
Fraternally,
CrewDog Russ -- don't be a pointer for a hunter who can't shoot straight...
Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 11:53 A.M. Pacific
2 Pakistanis arrested at Sea-Tac; one man's name on terror list
Two Pakistani men are being held in Seattle after an airline employee at
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport found one of their names on a
terrorism-related no-fly list Saturday night.
One of the men, 36, carrying a British Columbia driver's license, paid
cash for a one-way ticket to New York's John F. Kennedy International
Airport.
********After the airline employee called 911, **********
the man left the counter, abandoning his ticket.
The other man, 29, who had a New York driver's license, also paid cash for
a one-way ticket to Kennedy Airport on a different airline, police reports
show.
Port police detained both men, then turned them over to the FBI. They are
being held on immigration violations as part of a growing international
investigation being conducted by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and
the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE).
"We are aware of the situation," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd
Greenberg, a counter-terrorism prosecutor in Seattle. "We are expending
all available resources toward the investigation."
The two men both were using Pakistani passports and reportedly were seen
together at the airport earlier in the evening, law-enforcement sources
said.
After their arrests, the men told investigators they paid to be smuggled
into Blaine from Canada last month, two sources said.
Both men are being held for investigation of administrative immigration
violations. No criminal charges have been filed.
"There are questions about whether they are in the country legally," said
BICE spokesman Michael Milne. "We want to know how they entered the
country and what they're doing here."
The men, whose names have not been released, were arrested about 10 p.m.
Saturday on the ticketing level after an
*****American Airlines employee and a ticket agent from another major
airline*****
became suspicious and ran the men's names through the Transportation
Security Administration's (TSA) no-fly database of suspected terrorists.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings, airlines have routinely been running
security checks on passengers who purchase one-way tickets or use cash.
Once the identity of one of the men is confirmed, "this is going to turn
into a big deal," a federal source said.
"This time it sounds like (the list) really worked," said Brian Jenkins, a
terrorism expert and senior adviser to the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica,
Calif. "Hopefully, that makes up for the times that people were
irritated."
It is unclear whether the men had luggage. "They had very little on them,"
said one law-enforcement source.
Canadian officials have told federal investigators here that one of the
men was in Canada legally until they found out he possessed an altered
Pakistani passport.
"Of course, you wonder about these guys," Jenkins said. "They're not
particularly clever, coming to the airport to buy one-way tickets and to
pay cash."
======================================================
OK...have we published it enough yet that buying a one way ticket for cash
just might attract attention? Are these terrorists so dumb they can't get
it yet? Maybe the news media could stress it a bit more as a social
service to make sure Ossama and the boys really, really get it?
And how nice to know that TWO YEARS after 9/11 we have installed systems
at the airport to report security problems -- CALL 911!!! How
appropriate. How sick. No way to better contact airport security. TSA?
Oops, they only inspect and harass. No arrest authority. They don't
chase and hold. They just flush out the grannies and let the real
security do their thing. Call 911 and hope the line isn't busy.
Something to remember next time you need help at an airport....
Immigration violations? Legally in Canada UNTIL FOUND TO HAVE AN ALTERED
PASSPORT! And then they get to walk around until they can arrange to be
smuggled into the US??? Not even a mention of the name to us by our
Canadian friends that they found a Pakistani with an altered passport who
then became an illegal in Canada! Heck, we might have looked at a list of
terrorists and seen if the name was there....ya think?"
Told investigators they paid to be smuggled into the US last month...but
it's only an INVESTIGATION OF IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS??? Gee, I wonder
what the investigation will find out? Only time will tell. In other
news, there are questions whether a confess serial killer has done
anything wrong.........ARGH!
American Airlines employee AND ticket agent FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE.....Let's
see, they got nabbed trying to BUY A TICKET. Any bets the AIRLINE
EMPLOYEE who called it in was the TICKET AGENT? Gotta wonder who the AA
employee was and when they got involved. I recall TICKET AGENTS are the
ones who sell tickets. Makes ya wonder about how intense our (AMR's)
security checks are for this stuff.....
Yup, looks like the list really worked this time....wonder how they got
from Pakistan to Canada. No matter....all the mindless checks and insults
on those NOT ON THE LIST, have been made up for -- PLUS WE GET TO STRESS
TO THE WORLD THAT ****WE GOT THIS LIST!!!!! DON'T BUY ONE WAY TICKETS FOR
CASH OR WE WILL MATCH YOUR NAME TO OUR LIST!!!!!******* Did I mention
ARGH?
I love the last paragraph.....could we also apply it to the speaker and
those who publish all this info? Yes.
We are on our own out there......
Fraternally,
CrewDog Russ -- don't be a pointer for a hunter who can't shoot straight...
