Flight 253: "The system worked"?

[vlad321]

Sqrl said:

Sqrl said:

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It's pretty obvious that if we want to catch these things security measures need to be tighter and as always there is a price to pay for that extra security, which means its not as easy as "yes or no". 

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@vlad,

On the Franklin quote:  I covered that a bit as quoted above, but thread wasn't really about that so I didn't delve into it further.

On the Al Queda link: The link was established before this terrorist plot occurred from what I've read.  Basically it sounds like his name was already on a terror watch list (which makes me wonder how he got a US Visa), so whatever they used to link him to Al Queda it had nothing to do with a detonator, failed or otherwise.  That of course doesn't mean they are 100% right about the link, just that the bit you're questioning wasn't a factor in this case.

Anyways, the topic was really more about the reaction of the DHS secretary than it was the plot, it's classification as a terror attack, or anything like that.

I watched some news this morning with some commentary. They said he was on a list of 500,000 people. I mean call me crazy, but somehow I don't think Al Queda has half a million people, I'm just thinking they were spreading FUD, but then again he could legitametely be a part of them. Though I don't think he aced on their behalf if the reason the plot failed was a failed detonation.

 

Also sorry for derailing the thread. It was the only thread that had to deal with this thing that I could see on the off-topic board. It is pretty surprising that they can say that the system works, uless their system relies heavily on luck.