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Related? FBI Issues Small Aircraft Warning On Day Of Mysterious Marine One Grounding

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To quote Rod Serling, submitted for your approval: Friday afternoon, presidential helicopter Marine One is forced to land in an “undisclosed location” en route to Camp David due to bad weather that no one can see. As President Obama and daughter Sasha are transferred to a motorcade for the remainder of the trip, a civilian aircraft is intercepted by F-15 fighters, and diverted to a West Virginia airfield. Also on Friday, the FBI issues a warning about the possibility that al Qaeda may use small aircraft in a terror attack.

According to the AP, the FBI and Homeland Security issued the warning, while being careful to say that they have no information about a current, specific threat:

According to a five-page law enforcement bulletin issued Friday, as recently as early this year, al-Qaida was considering ways to attack airplanes.

The alert, issued ahead of the summer’s last busy travel weekend, said terrorists have considered renting private planes and loading them with explosives.

“Al-Qaida and its affiliates have maintained an interest in obtaining aviation training, particularly on small aircraft, and in recruiting Western individuals for training in Europe or the United States, although we do not have current, credible information or intelligence of an imminent attack being planned,” according to the bulletin obtained by The Associated Press.

The bulletin could explain the forced landing of Marine One Friday, which Press Secretary Jay Carney chalked up to a “bad weather call,” despite reports of clear skies along the 30-minute route. Such a precaution would not be unusual, and without a compelling reason to do so, the Secret Service is loath to disclose security procedures.

Small aircraft intercepts are a fairly frequent occurrence (I can think of a few off the top of my head), and that fact, plus the awareness demonstrated by this bulletin, ought to serve as something of a deterrent to this kind of plot. As for recruiting a sympathetic westerner, based on their track record with terror noobs, their guy is as likely to set himself on fire and hit the “eject” button by accident as he is to get shot down by US fighter jets. They’d be better off recruiting the Randy Quaid character from Independence Day. Still, with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, you can’t be too careful.

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  • Anonymous

    Randy and Mrs. Quaid seem to be kindred spirits in their quest to flee from ” star whackers “.

    Maybe fellow stars Gary Busey and Flavor Flav can talk some sense into them .

    If there really are “star whackers” , the Quaids are probably safe .

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    Can’t wait for the Newsbusters blog roast of your assertion that Randy Quaid’s piper cub was intercepted by Carney using a jetpack. Jim Hoft will then link to it as proof of your irrational bias in favor of the administration which Norbit will blast CAPITAL letters style on a later post. Such is the circle of life on the right.

  • Anonymous

    We ” real ” Americans must remain ever vigilant to attacks on our homeland from muslim ji hadist cells, but  Barack Hussein Obama ll’s  3 year and continuing insideous reign of terror over this country is the most real & present danger to America’s sovereignty today. 

  • Mosesdinoark

    Inhofe has been up to some shady stuff lately…

  • http://smallthoughtsfromasmallmind.wordpress.com/ Small Thoughts

    Maybe it had something to do with the al-Quaeda types they say hitch hiking on the beltway.

  • Anonymous

    Where you trying to explain terror or incite terror? Un-real Americans always try to incite terror, with “no” proof!

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, like when he had bin Laden shot in the face. Man, that must drive you guys nuts. Bush couldn’t do it, but Obama did. Man, that’s gotta hurt.

  • Anonymous

    Please. I give Obama credit for giving the green light other than that I give him as much credit for getting bin Ladin as he takes for this country’s current financial crisis. Obviously all necessary precautions must be taken to protect the president and his family.

  • Nick Thimmesch

    Hey, that’s not THE Tommy Christopher answering comments to his own story, is it?  You mean THE Tommy Christopher?  Wow: now that’s service Mediate!

    While I got you Tommy, there was a time — especially since we are supposedly in a “War on Terror” when there was a saying: “Loose lips sink ships”.  The media such as it was then would never write about nor reveal such information about POTUS as revealed here & elsewhere.  I can’t stand Obambi’s POLICIES, but his security is always of the utmost importance and it is not good to read ANY details about how his security is either going or not going.

    As for this:

    “Yeah, like when he had bin Laden shot in the face. Man, that must drive you guys nuts. Bush couldn’t do it, but Obama did. Man, that’s gotta hurt.”

    Don’t hurt “Barck must go” as it did Osama: what a great man Obambi must be, what a fearless leader he is, what a military genius he must be that “Obama did” vs. “Bush couldn’t”.  What a guy: what a way to always take credit for the good while ignoring or blaming others for the bad.  Actually, if you are going to laud people, laud Dick “Darth” Cheney: you can’t blame him for misdeeds against these thugs, these Murderous Muslims (I refuse to empower them by calling them “terrorists”) and then NOT give him credit for his approving techniques that got the intel in the first place.   

  • Anonymous

    Wow TC. That comment does not put you in the best light. I thought you were a liittle more serious about your  job than that.  How’d that bounce work out  for Obama? Everyone is glad we got obl and the president deserves some credit but not as much as you are trying to give him.

  • MJNB

    Do you for a second stop to process the manure you spill?  That you are home schooled morons [pick and choose what data to believe or not to believe] we get.Scum like you really have the recovery on a negative glide slope.  This i can guarantee about a thing like you.
    Meagre education
    Unsatisfied life never being able to rise beyond a position of middle management but more than likely you are employed to move items from point A to point B.
    Never make any decisions of significance unless your handlers give you the impression you are in charge.
    Never travelled outside the contigous United States.

    Know this!
    Your speech herein, back in the day would have had you hang, drawn and quartered.  Bin Laden was neutralised.  Your relevance is QUICKLY headed in the same direction.
    The same buffoon who thinks Bachmann is the best thing since sliced bread.  YOU MAKE US SICK!
    The United States is under seige from morons of uncommon felonious STUPIDITY.  Grow the eff up or STFU!

  • Jayamerican1

    More like Obama felt like an ice cream cone at a cost of millions to the tqxpayers. It’s good to be king.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carrie-Taranova/1142207564 Carrie Taranova

    Most of us do not pay any attention to the ‘fear mongering” pulled on we the people every few weeks.  All false flags or planned ploys.  To keep the public in FEAR is their way of controlling the public.  FEAR GIVES POWER, CONTROL AND AUTHORITY, so they keep the fear going since it seems to work for the weak minded people. Wise up folks.

  • Hagen619dj

    Only because the Navy Seals were the ones who located his house and lined up the way in which to “get Osama”. All Obama did was say yes!  It’s a no brainer when Navy Seals have the answers and proof as to what to do. don’t pound your chests for Obama. Give the Seals their due apprciation.

  • Hagen619dj

    This president  flies around the world more than any other. Talk about taking advantage of the taxpayers. He has let this position go to his head and it shows a great deal. If he isn’t running somewhere; poking his mouth into other countries business….then the wife and kids are off vacationing somewhere. I’m tired of paying for this family. He is an arragant egotistical person.

  • Hagen619dj

    This president  flies around the world more than any other. Talk about taking advantage of the taxpayers. He has let this position go to his head and it shows a great deal. If he isn’t running somewhere; poking his mouth into other countries business….then the wife and kids are off vacationing somewhere. I’m tired of paying for this family. He is an arragant egotistical person.

  • Hagen619dj

    Oh, my, do you feel better now?  Such nasty words coming from a democrat.  You see if there are bad words to come out on these blogs….it’s always a democrat.  You think scare tactics will improve your ability to give yourself a “big man” image??  Not so.

  • Hehilljr

    WRONG!  …You are the most clear and present DANGER to this Country. 

  • Bear1909

    Anything to keep Prezzo Bunny on the right side of the news cycle.  Anything legitimate having to do with being Presidential, say something like articulating what is in his silver bullet jobs bill before he does the shadow trick renditions on his teleprompter to a joint session (oh, okay, a joint session of COngress)…that isn’t going to put him on the right side of the news cycle (because he stinks as President).  But as a human target of those nasty dirty night-shirted Muslim d-bags, well, he had his daughter with him.  So he gets a sympathy tick.  Yet, it is back again to being a complete d-bag of male specimen.  Prezzo Bunny and his Bunny family are toast in 2012.   Have any of the hayseed DemonWhacks on this blog read Cheney’s book yet?  The man is a true statesman and servant to his country.  What a great read.  In the meantime, the DemonWhacks are trying to do something edifying like “taking out” a grassroots opposition political movement like the Tea Party.  How stellar!  Absolutely in keeping with American political traditions.  Who are these lummocks and what value do they create by their existence?  Appalling.

  • Bonnie Fletcher

    And what exactly does Prezzo Bunny mean?  Talk about lummocks and any value they create by their existence. You are one of them. We’ll see what happens in 2012. If your candidates win, that spells the final destruction of our nation.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t disagree with you only saying regardless of how you line up with any Presidents positions/ decisions he/ she needs to be protected to the max.

  • Mosesdinoark

    I know ask! Just Jerseys King of Goo Christie!

  • Anonymous

    TC often replies to comments on his articles. Because of that, he’s one of my favorites. As much as I disagree with him, I respect him for that.

  • Nick Thimmesch

    10-4 on that good buddy and I love your show on MTV: which one are you, Snooki?

  • Anonymous

    Snooki is my dogs name (seriously).   lol

  • HawkCW4

    You might be right Bonnie,  my fear is that Obama will have this country so destroyed by then no one can recover it.   He was on the fast track from day one doing just that.  The only hope we have is that he is removed,  and then all his policies removed and or repealed and fast.  He spent us into oblivion and made sure enough rules and regs were in place that no chance of recovery would ever take place.  Im not sure how to define terrorism, but dont you think what he has done so far comes close.

  • Anonymous

    Whatever, Bonnie.  Prezzo Bunny is slang for the idiot president in name only.  I know karma is a boitch, with all the Bush bashing for 8 years.  But your great half-white hope is a dumb bunny.  It hurts to admit it. But whatever.  Now, i noticed that you cannot deal with the news cycle theory i have proposed.  IS that an admission that I am right (of course it is.) But you will probably say that the theory is so stupid as to not deserve a response.  I don’t really care—- it wasn’t written for you anyway.  Have a good life.  2012 will be a complete wash of the Great Democratic party as they have run out of other peoples money to spend. Too bad. lol
     

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