the flight and headed to los angeles, where he claims to be recruiting people for a software business, he says he was able to get through security in new york by showing a university of michigan i.d. and police report claiming his passport was stolen. he was not on the flight manifest, that is the list of passengers, and he did not pay for his ticket. during the flight a crew member noticed that noibi was sitting in a seat that was supposed to be vacant and questioned him, but the flight continued on to los angeles, landing in l.a., and noibi was questioned by the fbi but not arrested at that time because they said, quote, beyond traveling without a ticket, there was no immediate threat. noibi was not detained until he tried to board another flight, a delta flight, this time a few days later on june 28th from los angeles headed to atlanta, again, trying to use an expired boarding pass with no valid
and on june 24th, last friday he boarded virgin american flight 415 at j.f.k. in new york and he was ledded to l ed headed to claims he was recruiting people for his software business and got through security in new york by showing a university of michigan i.d. and, a police report claiming that his passport was stolen. and he was not on the flight manifest, the list of passengers and did not pay for his ticket. now, after the flight was aired, the crew realized the error and questioned him and the flight continued. onto los angeles. and, he was not arrested at that time. fast forward, he was not caught until he tried to board another flight, a delta flight a few days later on june 28, from los angeles, headed to atlanta. again, he tried to use that expired boarding pass, with no valid i.d. and, when a delta air lane agent told him his ticket airline agent said the ticket was the
out. this was before the days we even cared about those things. i took a long nap. i d shot all night. and forgot about it in its entirety. 9/11 happened. about a year later, i think, i go to the mailbox. i get an envelope from the attorneys general of the state of maryland and in it they re notifying me that i have showed up on a list of the public defender of moussaoui s people to be deposed. i think it s an april s fool joke. i call my attorney. larry stein. larry stein calls he says, i ll get right back to you. five minutes later, and i can tell by the way he says hello, it s not good news. he says you were on a dry run. they were all on the plane with you. they have the flight manifest and this lunatic wants to talk to you. i mean, extraordinary thing to be told. you know, i never talked
it was packed. it was a small cabin. there was nothing that stood out. this was before the days we even cared about those things. i took a long nap. i d shot all night. and forgot about it in its entirety. 9/11 happened. about a year later, i think, i go to the mailbox. i get an envelope from the attorneys general of the state of maryland and in it they re notifying me that i have showed up on a list of the public defender of moussaoui s people to be deposed. i think it s an april s fool joke. i call my attorney. larry stein. larry stein calls he says, i ll get right back to you. five minutes later, and i can tell by the way he says hello, it s good good news. he says you were on a dry run. they were all on the plane with you. they have the flight manifest and this lunatic wants to talk
oversight profiling situation where you look at the manifest, who is on there, what their social security number is, what their rap sheet is and then do you it that way? that s what you would do. right. what they ought to do is not leave it up to the government but have the airlines do it and have airlines institute their own policy. they figure out what works. bill: hot dog on an airline? i m not sure i. the airlines in charge. i don t mind the government profiling but it would have to be the government doing it. it has to be the government not doing it. it has to be the private airplanes doing it or airlines. they can see who their frequent fliers are they are looking at the flight manifest. they don t want their planes going down. bill: ann coulter, everybody, very provocative. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. is the presidency too much for any one man to handle? charles krauthammer will weigh in on that. charles rangel gets contradicted of think e