So if Bush's story was true, then the plot to knock down the

[rzemanfl]

"Liberty" Center was foiled by the female flight attendant who caught Richard Reid in January 2002, because of her and some athlete who plays a sport in Europe, the plane did not crash, the explosives in shoes gambit was blown and thereafter we all wandered through security in our stocking feet.

You are a such fucking hero George! Thanks so much for keeping Americans safe, asshole.

[w13rd0]

1. But they heard a housewife...

...talking about it with her husband who was on a business trip in Toronto...afterwards. See, spying works!

[rzemanfl]

3. See what happens when you make international calls. n/t

[cyclezealot]

2. Has no bearing on anything.

The FISA court is secretive and fast. So what does George's efforts have to do with anything.IF anything the FISA court is still too secretive and should have some kind of congressional oversight.

[applegrove]

4. Was it Richard Reid? Is that where his flight was going to end?

This is not funny. This is sad.

[rzemanfl]

5. Sure, he was gonna hijack the plane and fly it nonstop from Gay

Paree to LA and knock down the watchacallit building.

[azurnoir]

7. Is that

the long circle route?

[rzemanfl]

8. What do I know about navigation? n/t

[sui generis]

6. I told you they read DU

This is Bush to Rove: "we need to show them our efforts agin' terrism are workin'"

And Rove said, well lord piddlepants, just remind them about the evildoer shoebomber with the plastic explosive shoe laces.

Just one problem:

A teensy little itsy bitsy problem:

He tried to blow up the plane, not hijack it and fly it into the Liberool Tower. As an act of terrorism he was quite insane considering that he was using a moldy used pack of damp matches, instead of a lighter which anyone at the time could carry.

Uh way to go Georgie. The force of the explosion from his shoe bomb would have probably blown his foot off and maybe given the guy in front of him whiplash and the guy behind him a face full of human spaghetti, but other than that this is not a really scary terrist attack.

So what real, organized, al kaheeda terrorist attacks have you thwarted by listening to our phone conversations and looking at our porno purchases? (crickets chirp, fish jump, moon crosses sky)

[rzemanfl]

9. I remain convinced to this day that Reid had an accomplice who

was let on the plane the day before (when Reid was not) and who had the detonator and timer or radio control (as well as Reid's spare shoes.)

[Atman]

11. Reid's spare shoes?

He needed some new kicks while plummeting to his death?

:shrug:

[rzemanfl]

13. So that he didn't have to walk down the aisle barefoot after they

assembled the bomb and detonator and placed it where it would do the most damage. Why are we so sure they would not have gotten off the plane and blown it up on the next leg of the flight?

[sui generis]

14. yes but, didn't they catch him because he was sitting back in steerage

trying to light his shoelaces with matches?

doesn't sound very sophisticated to me.

[rzemanfl]

15. Read the post. I'm saying he was the mule for the guy with

the detonator and they got separated because Reid wasn't allowed on the flight that guy took.

[Roland99]

10. Library...Liberty...whatever.

[SpiralHawk]

12. Shoebombers are going to get you!

This has terrified children for generations. The scourge of the shoebombers. They're everywhere, they're everywhere...