AP: FBI: No one to be charged in diverted flight (diverted to Bangor)

[Eugene]

FBI: No one to be charged in diverted flight

August 28, 2006

BANGOR, Maine --Federal investigators have determined a reported threat
that caused a trans-Atlantic flight from England to Chicago to be diverted
to Bangor International Airport was not credible, the FBI said Monday.

"That issue's been resolved. Nobody was charged," FBI spokeswoman Gail
Marcinkiewicz said.

American Airlines Flight 55 originated in Manchester, England. The Boeing 767,
carrying 167 passengers and 12 crew members, was diverted at the request
of the Transportation Security Administration and landed in Bangor at 12:59
p.m. on Friday.

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Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/08/28/fbi_no_one_to_be_charged_in_diverted_flight

Earlier: Report: Trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Bangor

[havocmom]

1. Tin foil food for thought: What are they sneaking into the country

that they have to unload in Maine?

[Ian David]

2. Stephen King? n/t

[havocmom]

4. Was wondering if the body count for Iraq was higher than they let on

and perhaps Dover is not the only place coffins are coming in.

And heaven knows, poppies are doing will in Afghanistan since we destroyed all other means of making money. It's not like black ops haven't been financed with drug money in the past... In fact, lots of the same guys in power now as were then.

[Kailassa]

5. The propaganda isn't working if you can still ask questions

like that.

You are meant to know by now that we'll all be blown
to smithereens tomorrow if we don't shut up and let
Buschco do all our thinking for us.

[havocmom]

6. If I was one to let my thinking stop,

I woulda taken a lot of drugs long ago, or at least since January 2001.

And, did ya read the one about the engineers who say infrastructure neglect and deterioration in America is a bigger threat than any terrorist group?

Experts warn U.S. is coming apart at the seams

WASHINGTON — A pipeline shuts down in Alaska. Equipment failures disrupt air travel in Los Angeles. Electricity runs short at a spy agency in Maryland.

None of these recent events resulted from a natural disaster or terrorist attack, but they may as well have, some homeland security experts say. They worry that too little attention is paid to how fast the country's basic operating systems are deteriorating.

"When I see events like these, I become concerned that we've lost focus on the core operational functionality of the nation's infrastructure and are becoming a fragile nation, which is just as bad — if not worse — as being an insecure nation," said Christian Beckner, a Washington analyst who runs the respected Web site Homeland Security Watch (www.christianbeckner.com).

...

"If a terrorist group were able to knock the NSA offline, or disrupt one of the nation's busiest airports, or shut down the most important oil pipeline in the nation, the impact would be perceived as devastating," Beckner said. "And yet we've essentially let these things happen — or almost happen — to ourselves."

If the GOP is fine with America crumbling, I don't put any smuggling program past them either. I wanna know what is in the cargo hold of planes making unscheduled landings in Maine.

[Kailassa]

7. It depends on which terrorist group you are referring to.

If you mean a bunch of misguided Muslims with stanley knives
who can commit suicide and then conveniently reappear in their
home countries, then I agree.

But the worst terrorist group, BuschCheney&Co, could do more
damage to the world than any neglect or natural disaster,
in the long run.

I hope that somehow you guys will be able to wrest control
of your great country from these traitors, and repair the
damage before they have total control.

[marmar]

3. In related news, the source of the threat...

was traced to a cellphone owned by a K. Rove, with listed addresses in the DC area and Texas.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. Q: How does diverting the place of landing make us safer?

What advantage is there in that?
Does Bangor have terrorist fighting capabilities that poor Chicago does not?
Do they just like being pains in the asses to already suffering air passengers?
Has anyone asked this question?

[tanyev]

9. They're landing them there so they don't have to land them here.

Or something like that.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Thanks. Anyone got a better reason? nt