Originally Posted by Points Scrounger

I'm currently reading Richard Clarke's "Against All Enemies" (audio version so I can't go back and cite exactly). He mentioned a plot back then regarding trans-Pacific flights to the USA featuring Islamic "inflight cocktail service" as with the London fellows. I mention this because the response was to (temporarily!) ban liquids/gels on those flights only. His brief description of the details sounded exactly like what we have now.