Box cutter suspect: Did he do a public service?
Oct. 21, 2003, Tuesday
To vote, click here. Some background: Nathaniel Heatwole of Damascus, Md., was charged in federal court in
Baltimore with taking a dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft. The case against
Heatwole followed discovery of bags containing box cutters, bleach and other
prohibited items aboard two Southwest Airlines planes. The government says
Heatwole spirited box cutters onto two airplanes and then told the TSA what he
did. "He both committed a crime and performed a public service," says Pat
Buchanan. "For the latter, he should get community service. For the former, he
should be hired by the Feds to check out our airliners."
Bill Press agrees. "I do think the box cutter dude did a public service:
showing what an expensive farce the whole airport security mess is. Our anger
should be directed toward TSA, not the college student who exposed them as
frauds."
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Bush administration officials pledged Tuesday to
move more aggressively against potential threats in the wake of an incident in
which federal authorities said a 20-year-old college student boasted about
successfully compromising airline security. But Congress wants to know how he
was able to smuggle the box cutters and other suspicious materials onto two
commercial airliners and why they weren’t found for weeks.
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