This story offers proof that our Leftie French arse-kissing Pols and media might have their tongue up the wrong bum....but prolly not...they have grown fond of the fine bouquet of French merde.
France: No Link to Passenger, al-QaidaPARIS - French investigators have found no evidence that a passenger who did not show up for a trans-Atlantic flight might be an Afghan-trained al-Qaida sympathizer armed with a bomb, police said Thursday.
Of course they aren't investigating the matter, they just know by Froggy intutition and/or pullet-entrail reading.
But French police, distancing themselves from earlier comments by France's justice minister who said a no-show passenger is being sought, said they had no reason to believe that an al-Qaida bomber is on the loose."French intelligence services in constant touch with American partners conducted additional investigations that produced no new indications that could confirm the theory put forward by American media," said a police spokeswoman, who declined to be named.
"The investigations turned up nothing to show that there was somebody with al-Qaida links carrying a bomb," she added. "There is nothing, nothing, nothing at this time that suggests something is amiss."
But a senior French police official said that surname alone was not sufficient for them to track the person down and that there was no indication the passenger posed a threat.
"We have no new information from American (intelligence) services that lends credibility to the idea that this person represented a specific threat to the Dec. 24 flight," he said.
But police said no active search is under way. (my emphasis)
"We have just a name, no first name, no birth date, no passport number," said the senior police official. "We can't do serious work on such foundations."
As Matt at Blackfive incredilously remarks:
"Now, how in the HELL can someone get an international airline ticket without a first name, birth date or passport number!!!! To Los Angeles???!!!! He was ticketed for crying out loud! Can someone tell me if you can just by an international airline ticket in France with cash, no ID, no Passport, and nothing other than the name Hai?"
So there you have it, French airline security and policework at it's finest. French airlines could easily be diverted to a sympathetic Canadian province and any ticketed-on passengers could take a bus into the US.
Seriously, it's time to deny landing rights to countries who put us all at risk with such fuckwittery.
Posted by feste at January 9, 2004 11:24 AM | TrackBack