<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Jet'Dillo:
WRONG!!
Can you say "authentication"? How do you know that the you're talking to a real federal agent on the other end of that phone call that would have "only taken 10 minutes"?
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Every local police department in the USA has a contact number for the Secret Service. So even if you don't use the number that the agent has provided to them, there is always a number available to use. The airport police knew who to call.
By the way, this thread is a good example of why a juries don't convict people even though the evidence is clear. There is no basis of fact for the arguments expressed to defend the pilot's action. The pilot made up an issue over the paperwork that was total bull.
[This message has been edited by Rssrsvp (edited 12-27-2001).]