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NY bomb suspect 'nearly escaped US' on Dubai flight
- eli 16y agoOh, I'd say the authorities would have had a pretty good idea of where he'd be for the next 15 or 16 hours.
- dejan 16y agoI don't buy this. If this guy wanted a ka-boom, he'd succeeded. And this? "Despite his name being added to the government's no-fly list on Monday, Mr Shahzad managed to buy a ticket on an Emirates flight to Dubai and made it through JFK's security checks late that evening." "Mr Shahzad was arrested on Monday 3 May after boarding a flight to Islamabad, Pakistan."
- aplusbi 16y ago"The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government issued a statement on Wednesday saying Mr Shahzad had been heading for Islamabad in Pakistan, and had been due to change planes in Dubai."
- eli 16y agoThe speculation is that that authorities allowed him to buy a ticket so they could see if he attempted to contact anyone before leaving. And being able to sneak past TSA doesn't exactly prove you're a criminal mastermind.
- thyrsus 16y agoI heard an administration official state that it was a customs officer who recognized his name on the flight manifest, which led to his detention. My speculation: customs has a long history of attempting real security; the Theater of Security Assurance perhaps not so much?