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Kathianne
12-28-2009, 08:18 PM
I'm feeling so much more comforted. Not.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airline_attack_passenger_tolerance


In-flight security rules eased

By DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer
1 hr 57 mins ago

DALLAS – In-flight security rules have been eased after a two-day clampdown, airline officials familiar with the matter said Monday.

At the captain's discretion, passengers can once again have blankets and other items on their laps or move about the cabin during the tail end of flight. In-flight entertainment restrictions have also been lifted.

The airline officials spoke on condition of anonymity because federal safety officials had not publicly announced the changes.

Security rules were relaxed in the last 24 hours, one official said.
Tougher airline security measures were imposed Friday after a man flying from Nigeria to Amsterdam then to the U.S. on a Northwest Airlines flight tried to ignite an explosive as the plane prepared to land in Detroit. On Sunday, police met another Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight after the crew reported a "verbally disruptive passenger." A law enforcement official said the man posed no security risk to the plane.

Government officials have refused to discuss what restrictions had been put into place, but in many airports lines were longer and security personnel were extra diligent.
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Feeling I'm dealing with the gang that can't shoot strait. They wouldn't know a 'bad guy' if he had a gun to their nose.

Mr. P
12-28-2009, 09:18 PM
I'm feeling so much more comforted. Not.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airline_attack_passenger_tolerance



Feeling I'm dealing with the gang that can't shoot strait. They wouldn't know a 'bad guy' if he had a gun to their nose.

The Three Stooges is more like it...Executive, Legislative and Judicial.

No?

Kathianne
12-29-2009, 05:30 AM
Well for a bit of 'sick humor':

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/12/slightly-charred-and-singed-underpants.html

Talk of Napolitano and the bomber's 'package'. :eek::laugh2: