Monday, April 20, 2009

Queen City Bound

There's no need to worry about right-wing extremism.  This fella made it through security in Las Vegas, but got caught in Boston on his way to Charlotte...to do who knows what.

A North Carolina-based US Marine was arrested at Logan Airport yesterday after federal transportation screeners discovered an undeclared semiautomatic weapon, ammunition, and bomb-making materials in his checked baggage, authorities said.

Marine Corporal Justin W. Reed was in Boston on a layover from Las Vegas and was bound for Charlotte, officials said.

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Any relation to Mr. McVeigh?  You may want to take another look at this.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

so nice to see the difference federalizing airport workers made in keeping our flights safe. let's hear it for unions!

BillO said...

The first commenter has apparently forgotten that the PRIVATE security screeners who allowed the 9/11 hijackers on board all worked for PRIVATE companies. DUH. That was why TSA was formed.

Awesome job there, private sector.