Wednesday - July 07, 2010

Oopsie

A bag belonging to agents travelling with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was mistakenly put on a flight from New York to Los Angeles, not to Washington.

Alarmingly the bag contained four 9mm Glock handguns, which are now missing.

A Shin Bet spokesman told the AP news agency that it is not known whether the guns went missing before or after the luggage was put on the wrong flight.

The Israeli officers were accompanying Mr Netanyahu to Washington for White House talks with President Barack Obama.

NBC News reported that the handguns had, in accordance with security procedures at New York’s John F Kennedy airport, been placed inside checked luggage.

The luggage was then supposed to be put on a connecting flight to Washington however, American Airlines workers at the airport instead sent it right across the country to LAX in Los Angeles.

By the time the luggage was located and recovered, the guns had disappeared, and are presumed to have been stolen.

Port Authority police in New York are currently investigating whether the weapons went missing before or after the suitcase was transferred to LAX, NBC News has reported.

One source told NBC that the suitcase was inspected and cleared for shipment by Transportation Security Administration screeners who put a seal over the bag at Kennedy Airport.

First off, why aren’t the bodyguards of a leading world political figure allowed to carry arms on an airplane?

Secondly, why is Netanyahu on a public flight? If El Al couldn’t fly from Tel Aviv to DC direct, wouldn’t it be smarter to put this guy on a) a private government flight, or b) have his people charter a plane at random? They couldn’t have hired a limo, or schlepped a ride from somebody on the East Side? This doesn’t make sense.

Third, WTF is going on with TSA? What, did they put a big label on the bag that said “GUN!! STEAL ME!!” or something? Wouldn’t the old diplomatic pouch have been a better choice?

Fourth, who wants to bet that these guns a) are never found, or b) the investigation (ha!) will turn up nothing, ever?

Fifth, with the billions and billions that have been spent on airport security in the past decade, it is unconscionable that anything is stolen from any luggage ever. There are a zillion video cameras all over every airport. Heads should roll. I call for a full investigation with total disclosure and multiple arrests all the way to the top. Sure, once in a while a bag goes on the wrong flight, though with computer driven everything that should never happen. Baggage handling systems are so amazing these days they get their own Modern Marvels episodes on TV. Every piece of checked luggage should be tape sealed and signed off on upon opening, just like chain of evidence is handled by the police.

Lastly, I think this is no accident. This is Obama and his minions laying another dis on our allies. Our halfrican muslim leader’s enemies, the joooos.

Posted by Drew458     on 07/07/2010 at 12:06 PM   
Filed Under: • Guns and Gun Control • Israel • Obama, The One •  
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