I guess I do not understand where the story became a pissing contest from the article cited. The article either starts with a mistake or something that contradicts the captains own statement. He says that he had not met the officer until after the flt att. told him about the arabic book and 'suspicious actions' and he came out after looking at his paperwork. The pilots statement still keeps looking strange. Just how he asks to see a fax of the terrorists pictures, that anyone can get fake id's and the best one to me is that he would have friends stationed at a phone that would be obviously a white house prefix. Does anyone truly believe that the agents appearance had nothing to do with this whole incident. The pilot even admits that he had not looked at the paperwork until after the flt att. tells him about the book.

If the pilot would have just been honest, that he was nervous about an arab being armed after the previous incidents, I would believe some of what he had said. Since he wants me to believe the unbelievable, I can not automatically believe his contention that the agent was verbally threatening.

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Robert