Please show me how that has anything to do with TRANSPORTATION SECURITY?
Three of the 9-11 hijackers had expired visas and thus were in the country illegally.
From Consumer's Reports:
"The clock is ticking," says David Mackett, president of the Airline Pilots Security Alliance. "There's a term we are using in the airline industry: We are being ridden," he says of terrorists or their supporters whom he believes are continually riding planes and testing the system. "They're not wannabes. In some way, they're assisting Al Qaeda. People ask me, 'Will there be another 9/11?' I think there will be more 9/11s."
I do not think this is out of the realm of possibility, either.
On a personal note, I had an interesting experience last week ... a gentleman came through my lane presenting an expired Libyan passport as identification. He behaved in a very creepy manner, initially trying to coerce me into letting him pass through, then turning abusive when I insisted on calling a supervisor. Was he in the country illegally, or up to some nefarious purposes? I don't know ... it sure made me wonder, though.
I suppose there are some here that would have been comfortable with just letting him board the plane with no additional screening and no questions asked, though. Right?
