October 28, 2003
Box cutters
A 20-year-old college junior and ham radio buff hid box cutters, bleach, and matches on board two airliners.
Everybody was out front about it. He told the FBI. The FBI told the court that he’d told them that he’d tucked all that stuff in Ziploc bags and hid them under the restroom sinks of two airplanes as a test of airport security. They were
undetected for a month.
Our judicial system has charged the student with carrying a concealed dangerous weapon aboard the planes. A preliminary hearing is set for November 10th. He could be fined and imprisoned for up to ten years if found guilty.
Now that the messenger has been identified, charged, intimidated, and — surprise — released without bail, has anybody thought about the message?