white americqn male tries to board plane with bomb - naught to worry

[donsu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050811/ts_nm/security_oklahomacity_dc


Oklahoma man held before boarding plane with bomb

An Oklahoma man was taken into custody after he tried to carry a bomb on board an airplane on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, an
FBI spokesman said.

Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr., 24, was detained on Wednesday morning after a security screener using an X-ray machine saw the device in his luggage as he tried to board a flight to Philadelphia at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City.

"Although the investigation is in its initial stages we have found no apparent connection to any type of terrorist activity or group," FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said.

-snip-

Johnson said Dreyling would be charged in federal court on Thursday with possession of an explosive device at an airport.
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what total shit

[Dawgs]

1. It's a good thing for him he doesn't look Arab.

He would probably have 5 bullets in his head right now.

[Greeby]

3. Or Brazillian

And make it 7. :eyes:

[Horse with no Name]

2. Good thing he wasn't "brown"

Otherwise he would have a one-way ticket to Gitmo.

[jsamuel]

4. "no apparent connection to any type of terrorist activity or group"...huh?

isn't trying to put a bomb on a plane a "terrorist activity"?

PS - GOOD JOB SCREENER!!!

[Ken Burch]

9. That's probably what these morons would say about Nichols and McVey!

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Lovely! But hey, we're fightin' them over there so that... oh..

[Brotherjohn]

So what, pray tell, would be a legitimate reason to carry a bomb onto a...

... plane?

Heading to the 24th National Explosives and Bomb-making Expo (N.E.B.E.) and just forgot to read the boarding instructions?

[merh]

5. What, was he wearing a crucifix and carrying a bible?

Is that how they know he isn't a terrorist?

What bullshit!

[Ken Burch]

12. Sounds like the sort we SHOULD be keeping an eye on

especially if "The War on Terror" is over and we're now in "The Struggle Against Religious Extremism."

[merh]

15. Couldn't agree with you more.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of our fake leaders, this guy is not seen as a terrorist. His skin tone is too fair and he believes in their god.

:mad:

[noiretextatique]

6. to all those frightened by "arab" types on buses, etc

i told you so :hi:

[KeepItReal]

7. They didn't throw the whole Patriot Act at him?No Extraordinary Rendition?

Why am I not surprised?

[WeRQ4U]

8. Suprised they caught a white dude.

[SteppingRazor]

10. Meh, at least they caught the idiot...

And of course it's not a terrorist activity. White extremist groups aren't terrorists, remember? Unless they're eco-terrorists, of course.

[lectrobyte]

13. maybe I'm missing something, but where did it say this guy was white?

[Brotherjohn]

16. Okay, assuming that based on the name "Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr." is...

... perhaps a racist assumption.

But I think assuming that based on the fact that the authorities are claiming there was no connection to terrorist activity... well that's just common sense.

[KarenInMA]

19. here he is..

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[lectrobyte]

21. Thanks. The yahoo article didn't have a pic, and I read it a few

times thinking I'd missed something. It is interesting to see the reaction, anyone doubt that airports nationwide would be on triple lockdown and the media issuing beaking news alerts if this guy had been Arabic?

[Ken Burch]

23. Christ, not only is he white

He looks like Mel Gibson's crazed bastard son.

Definitely terrorist material in my book.

[Fridays Child]

14. He's a Republican, too.

At least, it appears that way. A Charles A. Dreyling gave $500 to the campaign of Oklahoma Republican Senate candidate, Kirk Humphreys, in 2004.

[skypilot]

17. Oklahoma City??

Hmmm.

[Fridays Child]

18. Pic

From http://students.ou.edu/D/Charles.A.Dreyling-1/

http://students.ou.edu/D/Charles.A.Dreyling-1/myphoto.bmp

[Skidmore]

22. One of his hobbies is flying airplanes.

[SoCalDem]

20. He thought his friend said.. "Take this bong with you"

:)