Originally Posted by CessnaJock
You mean if Richard Reid hadn't been such a doofus, AA63 couldn't have disappeared over the Atlantic?
Highly unlikely.
Originally Posted by CessnaJock
My take is that Reid's failure taught Khaled Shaikh Mohammed and his playmates how not to attack an airliner - which knowledge is almost as important as how to. Check the shoes. I can take it.
Your take is wrong, at least with regard to KSM.