On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:38:21 -0700, basskisser wrote:


United Airlines Flight 919 had already taken off from London en route to
Dulles International Airport when the match was made between the passenger
and the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation
Security Administration.

I don't know about you, but it doesn't make me feel any safer. If he
truly was a terrorist, the plane had already taken off. Hell of a system,
ain't it?