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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

U.S. Knew for Years That Cargo Planes Were Terror Targets

Despite knowing for decades that terrorists could sneak bombs onto planes, the U.S. government and elected officials failed to close obvious security gaps, succumbing instead to heavy lobbying by the air cargo industry, which claimed that tougher screening would cost too much and take too long.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The CIA has always known that they could easily target the cargo planes and get the public hopping mad and ready to relinquish their civil rights.

Anonymous said...

This is no surprise to me actually. Another instance of how big business is actually in charge of this country.
To heck with the citizens! It's all about the almighty dollar!
We need people in Washington that will tell these people NO, NO, NO, I'm not here for YOU, I'm here for the PEOPLE!

Anonymous said...

9:38, so conservatives can scream even louder how Obama is antibusiness with his gov. takeover of the shipping industry through heavy-handed regulation in his push to destroy jobs and make americans more dependent on him, thus fullfilling his goal of taking over the world. Mooohha ha