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| Border Patrol admits Flight 253 2nd passenger cuffed and detained - No word on man at counter |
| 2010-01-02 |
| Federal government agents are now confirming a second passenger on flight 253 was handcuffed and questioned by investigators after a failed terror attack on the Amsterdam to Detroit flight. A couple from Monroe County, Kurt and Lori Haskell, who were on the same flight have said they saw a person, other than suspected terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, being arrested. Earlier this week, Chief Customs and Border Patrol Officer Ron Smith said a second person handcuffed was from a different flight. However, Thursday night Smith confirmed that a passenger from flight 253 was handcuffed, but wasn't arrested or detained. When you cuff someone and take them away, that's an arrest in my book; or a kidnapping. Maybe they didn't book him, but they sure denied him his freedom. Smith said another report, which he didn't access earlier, shows that a passenger from flight 253 "did have a canine alert to his carry on baggage in the baggage area" of the Customs and Border Patrol facility. That person was handcuffed and "escorted to an interview room where he was interviewed and searched," according to Smith. Nothing was found during the search and Smith said the man was given an explanation for why he was searched and then allowed to leave the facility with other passengers from flight 253. Smith said the passenger wouldn't be identified because he was not arrested or detained. Kurt and Lori Haskell were interviewed by FBI agents earlier in the week after they told WWJ and other media outlets they saw another man help Abdulmutallab board the flight in Amsterdam without a passport. Officials have said Abdulmutallab had a valid passport. AoS at 10:21 CT: link fixed. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #6 Here is a link to the Haskell Blog on this event. I still smell a rat somewhere. |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2010-01-02 12:29 |
| #5 Ta! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-01-02 10:54 |
| #4 Sorry about that |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-02 10:31 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-01-02 10:31 |
| #2 The link goes back to the RantBurg article. Can someone (NS) post a link to the original aritcle? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-01-02 10:23 |
| #1 > Officials have said Abdulmutallab had a valid passport. That wasn't the question. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-01-02 10:22 |