[Vision2020] 4 charged in JFK airport plot

[Paul Rumelhart]

Every time I see the words "never got past the planning stages" in 
connection with this type of article, I cringe.  For all we know, it was 
a few guys drinking beers in a pub somewhere bitching about airport 
security when one of them says to the group "It doesn't work, anyway.  
Instead of trying to smuggle box-cutters onto airplanes in today's 
security environment, I would..."  ...and then goes on to explain some 
clever way to cause havoc at JFK airport.

Will these people get a fair trial?  Will they get a trial at all?  Do 
they have a one-way ticket to Gitmo?  Do they get to enjoy 
water-boarding (which we all know isn't torture)?  Will they be let out 
someday a decade from now after signing away their rights to take the US 
government to court?

Now, if these folks were purchasing supplies or infiltrating airlines or 
whatever, that would be a different story.  There might even be evidence 
that a crime has been committed.

Paul

heirdoug at netscape.net wrote:
> Hey, Nick Gier! How much do you want to bet that the bomb planners were 
> not Bob Jones grads?
>
> Also, do you have an old document laying around so that you won't have 
> to write anything new in response? All you have to do is re-cycle old 
> class notes!
>
>
>
> >From the Associated Press:
>
> Three people were arrested and one other was being sought Saturday in 
> connection to a plot to set off explosives at John F. Kennedy 
> International Airport, officials close to the investigation said.
>
> The plot, which never got past the planning stages, did not involve 
> airplanes or passenger terminals, according to the two officials, who 
> spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the arrests had not 
> yet been announced.
>
> They did not elaborate on the specific target at the airport, one of 
> the nation's busiest.
>
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