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2007-07-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Continuation of that Sea-Tac NWest flight with bomb threat

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Posted by Sherry 2007-07-27 11:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Wonder if there is more to this than homesickness?

First we have (another) highly educated individual,
next we have the story about no luggage which later changes to yes i checked luggage but in another's name
and yes i checked in for the flight.

right afte 9/11 the rule was that if you weren't on the plane, your luggage got taken off. seems that that rule is either ignored or rescinded.

i suspect there is more to this; perhaps round two of testing. the northwest was the one part of the country missing from the earlier round of cheese and cell phone tests. wonder if they made it through Sea-Tac security?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-07-27 11:19|| 2007-07-27 11:19|| Front Page Top

#2 "His lawyer said Thursday that Chiu is eager to return to his family"
His return may be delayed for several years due to a multiyear detour to a federal prison.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-07-27 11:20|| 2007-07-27 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 "After his first phone call, he looked outside at the plane and saw that his call had had 'no effect,"' FBI agent Gary France wrote. "He made a second phone call and noticed that this call too had no effect. This led to the third call.

Am I on Candid Camera?

Chiu also told investigators that he had been off his antidepressant medication in recent days, France wrote.

Ah, there it is.
I may go on antidepressant medication just so when I screw something up I can say I was off it.

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-27 11:36|| 2007-07-27 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I agree there is probably more to this and may be part of the sleeper cell plan. Northwest has a major hub in Muslim Minneapolis, with cabbies and airport workers filing lawsuits for footbaths and refusing to carry passengers with alcohol.

Posted by Danielle 2007-07-27 11:56|| 2007-07-27 11:56|| Front Page Top

#5 What is it with these doctors? Is it really that stressful?

And, I've got a suggestion. Tell his story far and wide in Tennessee (his home state), then release him in the hill-country there. Things will take care of themselves, I promise.

Posted by BA 2007-07-27 12:05|| 2007-07-27 12:05|| Front Page Top

#6 tu: "Chiu also told investigators that he had been off his antidepressant medication in recent days, France wrote."

he later admitted to taking his medicine; so i count at least 3 lies in his story (medicine, luggage, check in status).......this has more to it than meets the eye; lots more to it.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-07-27 12:20|| 2007-07-27 12:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Wonder if he's done with all his immigration paperwork? Otherwise he gets one more flight courtesy of the US taxpayer.

Posted by ed 2007-07-27 12:42|| 2007-07-27 12:42|| Front Page Top

#8 A few more details here.
Chiu graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2003 and works at the Spanish-speaking medical practice of Medicos Para La Familia. He told airport police he was on anti-depressant medication and had been without it for a few days, although he said he did take the medication on the day of his flight.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-27 15:35|| 2007-07-27 15:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Unfortunately ed, Homeland Insecurity doesn't deport criminial aliens (resident or illegal) - they let them stay to murder and rape our children...

Its called Diversity

This arrogant M-F should be imprisoned for several years. But he'll probably get off with a wrist-slap.

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-07-27 19:31|| 2007-07-27 19:31|| Front Page Top

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