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Add this to the list of instances when blocks of cheese can be considered suspicious: When they are found in your carry-on luggage by the Transportation Security Administration. NBC Nightly News found an advisory warning airport screeners to be on the lookout as terrorists may be conducting dry runs.
There have been four seizures since September that have aroused suspicion. At San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston and Baltimore airports, TSA screeners have been finding more "wires, switches, pipes or tubes, cell phone components and dense clay-like substances" - such as cheese - and asked screeners observe “ordinary items that look like improvised explosive device components.”
However, the TSA said, “There is no credible, specific threat here. Don’t panic. We do these things all the time.” You can read the TSA's advisory here (PDF)
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"blocks of cheese can be considered suspicious"
Baltimore, Sept. 16, 2006. A couple's checked baggage contained a plastic bag with a block of processed cheese taped to holding a cellular phone.
That is crazy! And suspicious!
It's surprising that they've even found these blocks of cheese, considering TSA misses 90% of bomb components in its own self-tests:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/16/a-pilot-on-airline-security/
#3, maybe these were easier to spot because they were made to look like entire bombs, not bomb components.
Some friends of mine were on a flight to Miami last week and there was an "incident". While still at the gate the pilot made an announcement that there was a problem with the passenger manifest. Apparently there were two people on the flight with the same name sitting right next to each other. While this could have easily been a case of the two men being father and son for instance it turned out these men didn't know each other. And one of them claimed he had no ID. The captain ordered the man off the plane and he refused to move. Two armed TSA agents had to come physically remove him. No idea what happened to him after that.
I have HAD IT with this motherf---ing cheese on this motherf---ing plane!
TSA should use the slogan that my old college Food Coop used: "Don't Panic, It's Organic!"
If indeed, the cheese is organic. And, um, not a bomb.
we should be learning from our israeli friends. this is nothing new. a terrorist will use whatever he/she can to destroy a plane, bus, car, storefront, cafe etc. there have been instances where animals were used. expolsives have been planted inside watermelons and cheese. I'm waiting for the day the terrorists use a baby as a sheild for their own sick fantasies of destroying the west...
get the cheese 2 sickbay
I flew from Laguardia to Orlando last month. The TSA screeners at LGA were rude, even going so far as to confiscate my drawing compass and my pencil sharpener. My wife prevented me from causing the scene that I wanted to and in hindsight that was for the best. Upon arrival in Orlando, the heat was so oppresive I removed my sportcoat and found to my surprise, my (loaded) Taurus .357 titanium-frame revolver. Way to go TSA.
“There is no credible, specific threat here. Don’t panic. We do these things all the time.”
Seriously, can we get more common-sense and to the point advisories like these, rather than the fear-mongering ones we usually get when it comes to things like these?
(sigh)
A day or so after the Democratic Debate and they make public something known since July 20th?
I call bullshit on #10.
So when you put on your sportcoat, you never noticed there was a gun in the pocket? Either you are completely oblivious or you are bullshitting. I think it is the latter.
"the heat was so oppresive I removed my sportcoat and found to my surprise, my (loaded) Taurus .357 titanium-frame revolver. Way to go TSA."
Fake. Yes, the TSA is not the bastion of competence, but I'm pretty sure those metal detectors work.
Well, I recently flew out of LGA and they took my toothpaste because it was 3.5oz not 3oz, even though I poited out that only liquids and gelatins are subject to the 3 ounce restriction and toothPASTE is neither liquid or gel. Eh la la. Also, why does the pilot have to go through security? They are flying the big bomb and need do more than push forward on the yoke to crash the plane. Why are they being checked for bombs too?
"our israeli friends"
Speak for yourself, edEx
When was the last time an Israeli tried to blow up a building in the U.S.? Hijack a plane carrying American civilians? Kidnap American soldiers and hold them hostage?
israel = WMDs.
Wow, you sure told me what's what.
Thanks for speaking for edEx, JMH. Hawks of a feather stick together, eh?
israel=WMD
so Israel does not have nuclear weapons? and are they not WMDs?
the TSA just issued the following hijacking alert:
please ignore the trolls who want 2 hijack threads 2 talk about israel instead of terrorists.
What does Israel having nuclear weapons have to do with whether or not they're our friends? England has nuclear weapons, yet they're our friends, or about as close to it as we have in the current worldwide political situation.
I'm not a hawk, by the way. I just make a habit of calling out idiots on all parts of the political spectrum.
That gun in the jacket story is one of the worst lies i have ever heard. it doesn't even make sense.
Come to israel, come stay with friends who have WMDs.
israel=WMD
WMD=israel
what does your mother have to do with any of this?
unless her hey nannie nannie is a WMD, then that's different.
I'd really like to know what they've done with these 'mules'/wannabe homicide bombers/idiots who were caught with this stuff.
On a 777 plane back to Dulles last Feb., there were several mid-eastern/south asian young men who were acting *incredibly* suspiciously, not responding to crew orders, wandering around the back of the plane, etc. I'd been on a long enough layover that I saw the air marshals board, but after discussions with fellow passengers, I let the flight attendents know that we were ready and able to help out if they needed us.
Was a stressful flight, but the gratitude expressed by the flight crew made it worth it. Don't let these bastards win!!
Assuming Israel has nuclear weapons, what does that have to do with anything?
"Also, why does the pilot have to go through security?"
Because if you have a system where certain classes of people are allowed to bypass security, you have opened up a gaping hole in your defense. It's better to just run everyone through security.
I was on a flight and this white gentleman with a thick NYC accent was acting funny all throughout the flight. I've noticed he complained about bringing in an open bottle of whiskey and that it needed to be unopened. He then hit on any female withing 2 seats from him.
Just as the jet was about to take off from the runway, this gentleman decides to get up. The flight attendent yelled out the loudest yell I've ever heard from them. I told the FA that if need be, you can count on me to subdue this gentleman.
Don't let these bastards win.
did I see this correctly?
"assuming israel has nuclear weapon"
israel=WMD
WMD=israel
You keep repeating that as if it has any relevance to the discussion.
israel=WMD
plain and simple even a caveman can do it.
israel ought to know something about cavemen.
And..? Israel having nuclear weapons has something to do with the discussion because..?
As it drifts off thread.
Israel, friends money, Illuminatti.
Anti-semitic, Israelis are mainly ethically not Semitic by ethnicity.
Jewish v. Israeli v. Zionist.
Declared v. non-declared Nukes.
All Bush's fault.
Diebold & stuffed Supremes stole the election.
Now that that's outta the way,
Think this is an attempt to raise the fear level just to bump up the "war on terror" threads.
Hell, I like a sleeve of Pringles & a block of Gouda on a long flight. If they let me bring a sixer of 16oz Buds any more, I would still do that.
Sit back, relax, sip a Bud (or some DP69), even those nice small tins of Beluga crossing the pond.
Prosciutto is great too (with egg matzoh & a bottle of Valpolicella).
So much for carry ons any more.
At least I can clip my toenails & light my lighter during Freebird.
Damn, I miss the older days of travel.
Dadoc
Twice in the past 9 months I have gone through security checkpoints (x-rays) at Lagurdia and JFK with my mini Leatherman tool (called the 'Squirt') in my camera bag, accidentally. I completely forgot about it until I saw it upon landing in California. It's on my key chain and I often forget about it. It makes me wonder what else gets through.
If racial profiling had been in place prior to 9/11, the terror attacks NEVER would have happened. Several weeks prior to 9/11 the actor James Woods was on a plane with several of the Islamic terrorists who later hijacked one of the planes, he reported their suspicious actions to authorities, yet nothing was done. Google: James Woods and 9/11 for the full story.
We could learn a lot from the Israelis who practice racial profiling and have NEVER had a terrorist attack on a plane since this has been in place.