When did “taking photographs” become “suspicious behavior” on a plane? Because that’s exactly what caused an entire United flight to return to its gate, be evacuated and inspected, leave 2.5 hours late and forced to make an additional stop because of the delay.
According to Denver’s Channel 7, the United flight to Santa Ana, CA, had left the gate and preparing to take off, when a passenger reported suspicious activity — that is, taking photos — by a trio of passengers.
The plane returned to the gate, where it was met by police and the TSA. The obviously dangerous trio, along with their accuser, were questioned by authorities while the entire plane was evacuated and swept for terrorist-type stuff… like credit card readers, we guess.
The citizens would never submit to the state’s criminal behaviors, were the perpetual wars to end, for the perpetual war fosters the perpetual fear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_war
We gotta get the fine tuning right on this damn thing so we can get back home. The last thirty-seven time lines have all been batshit insane.
If I were the airline the passenger that made the report would go on my no fly list.
A relative of mine got a commendation for reporting a suspicious looking person who was taking photographs of a place that some fear will be the target of a terrorist attack..
The guy was arrested but ended up just being a tourist guilty of being brown. My relative got the award anyway!
I asked him if he ever _really_ thought the photographer was a terrorist and, after a lot of waffling, he admitted, “no.”
That’s just wrong, in a bunch of different ways.
Inform on your friends and family – win valuable prizes!
When you are flying, report every activity that can possible be construed as suspicious. If every flight had at least a couple of reports of suspicious activity, the airlines and TSA would be forced to find better and more efficient ways of handling these reports.
The TSA is not going to improve on its own. Responsible citizens must take action.
# 17 tdkyo said, “He probably had an interestingly good essay for submission…” Yeah, That Ayers cab really write!
# 23 deowll said, “the passenger that made the report would go on my no fly list.” If it were MY airline, the flight attendant who seems to lack any common sense at all,m would join the passenger.
# 26 Here’s an idea said, “report every activity that can possible be construed as suspicious.” Good idea. I’ve always thought that crying children would be a good distraction for a terrorist. Report all crying children! Come to think of it, any child might START crying, so report ALL children as possible terrorists!
The TSA were correct to investigate. What I read is that terrorists plan and recon. The London bombers posed as tourists to photograph the underground stations months ahead of the bombings. I know it is uncomfortable and inconvenient, but security is everyones responsibility, not just the men and women in uniform.
sargasso_c:
What’s there to recon about the interior of a plane? It’s pretty much a tube with seats in it, and a few doors. And like someone else else in a previous post, anybody with a camera phone could surreptitiously acquire photos without being obvious (aka: every single passenger). So they should just ban all passengers from boarding. Problem solved!
They really should posts signs saying: “WARNING: People who look Arab (ie: Hispanic, Asian, Black, Jewish, Native, or Oriental) Shouldn’t Take Photos As It Will Scare The Non-Arab Looking People”
The good news is that they detained the guy who reported the activity. So, chicken little paid the price along with his innocent victims.
>> sargasso_c said, on April 25th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
>> The TSA were correct to investigate. What I read is that terrorists plan and recon. The London bombers posed as tourists to photograph the underground stations months ahead of the bombings. I know it is uncomfortable and inconvenient, but security is everyones responsibility, not just the men and women in uniform.
Terrorists also sneeze. Should we also report everyone who sneezes?
Seriously, it’s crazy to report everyone who does a routine activity, so only the suspicious-looking people get reported. (aka brown people) The story doesn’t report on the ethnicity of the “perps” but you know that brown “Araby-looking” guys are going to get reported more than white people.
>> rr said, on April 26th, 2011 at 3:34 am
>> The good news is that they detained the guy who reported the activity. So, chicken little paid the price along with his innocent victims.
My thoughts exactly! If people know that _they_ will also get retained, it will make them less likely to glibly give in to their own prejudices and to seriously consider whether someone might be a terrorist.
Why weren’t these people arrested at the camera store? Terrorists recon with cameras, right? Just arrest everybody who buys a camera and we’ll all be safe. Think of the children!
No, wait! What about the people who SELL them the cameras? Obviously aiding and abetting!
No, wait! Why don’t we just arrest everybody who MAKES cameras. THEN we’ll be safe!
No, wait! Cameras have to be made from raw materials, right? Why don’t we just arrest the MINERS?
No, wait!……
Terrorists were also reported to have been studying the timetables for the tube trains.
In response to this the timetables have been classified top secret and the arrival times of all buses and trains have been randomized to prevent terrorists planning their attacks
Also beware of anyone wearing a Casio watch
http://guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/apr/25/guantanamo-files-interrogators-al-qaida-taliban#the-sign-of-al-qaida
Wenn Sie etwas sehen, etwas sagen.
If you see something…
GOOD little slaves.
Perhaps the passengers in question were excited about their trip, certainly something that would be suspicious on any Untied flight.