The Laughing Wolf

Anne Jacobsen, The Real Threat?

At least that is the claim being trumpeted by Armed Liberal at Winds of Change. I rarely take public exception to anyone at my Blogfather’s site, but this one deserves my fullest contempt. Armed Liberal and several others have maintained all along that if Anne and others had just talked nicely to these people, been good to them, then that everything would have been fine. They have seized on a news report allegedly from air marshals that states that Anne Jacobsen was the problem on the flight to push this even further.

Of course, doing so ignores several points, including the change in behavior reported, the fact that others have corroborated events, and that there were things out of the norm on the flight including behavior by the 14. Not to mention that there was apparently intelligence about said flight and that as a result there were several air marshals on board. It also ignores this story posted by Michelle Malkin that indicates that ALL 14 had expired Visas, or overstayed visas at the least. I agree, this does not inspire confidence in either the investigation or the innocence of the events.

They 14 may be the innocent and misunderstood victims as portrayed by many, apparently including Armed Liberal. It may be that they were innocent and decided for whatever reason to just plain mess with the minds of the other passengers. It may well be, given the report just cited, that there is yet more to this story to be uncovered. Ever consider that as the 14 were being so closely watched, that it drew resources away from other areas? There are a lot more possibilities than a binary solution set here.

As for me, the story continues to raise valid concerns about aviation security, especially when coupled with other reports of tests by terrorists. As for the air marshal story, I will believe it when it has been as scrutinized as Anne’s story, and when an official source is willing to back it publicly, not before.

LW