BREAKING NEWS: I’m Guessing They Hadn’t Gotten the Word From the Obama Administration
…that the “WAR ON TERROR” was over.
US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot
The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.
WASHINGTON —
The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned.The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger’s underwear, but this time al-Qaida developed a more refined detonation system, U.S. officials said.
The FBI is examining the latest bomb to see whether it could have passed through airport security and brought down an airplane, officials said. They said the device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it.
The would-be suicide bomber, based in Yemen, had not yet picked a target or bought his plane tickets when the CIA stepped in and seized the bomb, officials said. It’s not immediately clear what happened to the alleged bomber.
Thank God for what’s left of the CIA.
If it had been up to Big Sis’s Granny gropers in the TSA?
Oh, Lord. We’re in the best of hands. But we knew that.
Somebody out there voted for these assholes.
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May 7, 2012 4:28 pm
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We’ll be hearing ‘Janet’ Napolitano saying “the system worked” in 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . .
Oh great. This is just what the TSA was waiting for. Now all domestic flights are going to start with a little tickle in our undies.
I can just see the new TSA directive:
“Hereafter, and effective immediately, all commercial flights originating in the United States will be flown in the nude. No exceptions.”
Will there be pictures?
Sorta sounds like the CIA got him in Yemen*. Good to know we have such a strong presence there.
*”based in Yemen” can yield many interpretations.
“Hereafter, and effective immediately, all commercial flights originating in the United States will be flown in the nude. No exceptions.”
“Except Big Sis. She should be wearing a burqa at ALL times. No exceptions.”
That would let you get through security faster, Sis. Especially if you muttered “Allah akbar” from time to time.
Are they sure it wasn’t just a meth lab in their pockets?
The people who vote for a living voted for these assholes.