U.S. Officials Say It's Safe To Fly

[The Straight Story]

U.S. Officials Say It's Safe To Fly
Martyrdom Tape Found In Suspect's Home

POSTED: 8:22 am EDT August 11, 2006

A top White House counterterrorism official is trying to balance reassurance about flying safety with official concern that some of the players in an airline bomb plot may still be out there.

Investigators said the plot was on the scale of 9/11 and would have used common electronic devices to set off liquid bombs concealed in sports drink bottles taken on board. The plan was to bring down as many as 10 jetliners simultaneously.

The plotters supposedly planned to blow up the passenger jets on flights to the United States from Britain.

Frances Townsend, President George W. Bush's homeland security adviser, said the precautions being taken should make people feel safe about air travel. But while British authorities have rounded up two dozen suspects, Townsend won't rule out that more might be at large -- possibly in the United States.

During a whirlwind round of interviews Friday, Townsend said investigators are "looking for connections between anyone in the United States and the plotters in the U.K." She added that there's no evidence of an active U.S. cell.

http://www.local6.com/news/9665050/detail.html

[Beelzebud]

1. Shop til you drop!

[VolcanoJen]

15. Take the family to exciting vacation spots and destinations!

When you arrive at Disney World, start shopping!

[kentuck]

2. Boycott the airlines...

until this stops.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. No I wouldn't trust them they lie!

I'd be scared to death to get on an airplane!

[annabanana]

4. hee hee

It's funny watching try to have it both ways all the time, isn't it?

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Too scared to go to the store around all the jelly and jam!

Scared to drink liquid or to brush my teeth! The only thing I trust is my duct tape and the presidork.

[opihimoimoi]

14. Something smells in all of this....I think Bush has more than bad breath

[bloom]

10. "Support the Industry" & "Be very afraid."

What must the airline execs think about all this.

[annabanana]

11. probably pissed that their lobbyists

weren't able to keep everything out of the press about this latest kerfuffle. They can't outspend big oil.

[MrCoffee]

5. Oh thank god...US officials would never mislead us

[WI_DEM]

6. It's safe to fly as long as you don't bring any lipstick or tooth paste

with you.

[paparush]

7. Sure..just duct tape a plastic caccoon around yourself....

[Rosemary2205]

8. The planes are safe, but the garbage cans aren't.

and neither are the terminals or the parking decks.

[leesa]

12. Be afraid at all times! But go shopping at all times!! It's a damned

tightrope walk, ain't it?

[madmunchie]

13. CORRECTION: U.S. Officials Say It's Safe To Fly and Shop!