Not sure what news you watch, but Fox, MSNBC, CNN and the BBC all reported that the guy did not employ the device properly, which then allowed fast acting people to detain him. The attack was never thwarted by anyone. He was merely detained because he did not succeed in his mission due to to improper implementation of the device.
G Money wrote: > > Not when that something else sucks donkey balls :) > > I say get the intelligence working, or deal with what we got. No underwear > checks, no full body exams. > > I would also add that this latest attempt also highlights another oddly > positive reality of today: it is REALLY hard to hijack an airplane full of > adult Americans in the post 9/11 era. Every attempt that was not caught > prior to boarding, was thwarted by bad ass American citizens. > > When all else fails, citizens not afraid to fight back are still our last > and best defense. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309872 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5