I also have a general question. I have still not seen a direct qoute saying that anyone found box cutters taped under seats. Can anyone out there show me a newspaper etc that says it happened on a specific flight. Otherwise it is a rumor that should be repeated. If any weapons had been found, the government would be still tearing through every person that had had any chance to place something on a plane. I have not heard a report that even claims they are still looking for someone or that anyone being held works in that kind of position.

I still don't understand why people think that it was even necessary. The knives that were used did not need to be snuck in. It was possible to walk right through the gate. If any specific terrorist had been detained because he attempted to carry a knife on board, all he would have had to do is stay quite. If security had found a box cutter and actually cared, the terrorist could have apoligized, said he did not know it was not allowed and then been allowed to proceed without it. Obviously the terrorists were smart enough to know that they should not just enter as a pack. That is actually the best explanation I have heard as to why some of the terrorists drove from Boston to then fly back through. It meant that no security personel would have a reason to get suspicious.

While the terrorists flew many of the routes and flew several times to insure they did not stand out, trying to place a person in position to put box cutters on the planes would have been a needless risk. Which is not something that Bin Ladens group is known to do. Actually it would have been an even greater risk since you would actually have needed mulitiple people at different airports etc.

So can anyone actually give me some proof behind the oft made comment.



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Robert