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Originally Posted by nfotiu
NBC nightly news last night is saying now that none of the terrorists had bought plane tickets. Lots didn't have passports. There is no indication that they've tested the liquid explosives anywhere. Nor is there indication that they've actually purchased any of the ingredients.
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Can I poke holes in this?
No plane tickets? They can be bought at the airport minutes before the plane leaves. Not a real indication of anything, really. They're blowing themselves up, what does money matter?
Didn't have passports? Real ones or fake ones? Terrorists / etc have been known to have fake ones, or have them made pretty quickly. For legit passports, there is a delay. For fake ones? It's probably not anywhere near as long.
Tested the liquid explosives? I read something (let's see if I can dig it up) that the same technology has been used by suicide bombers, the British Shoe Bomber, and elsewhere for quite some time. It's not like this is a new thing.
Haven't purchased ingredients? Sure.. but have they sourced where to get them? How do you know they haven't planned to pick them up on the way to the airport?
Being devil's advocate is fun!
Really, there may not have been a real immediate threat. It may have even been a few more weeks or months before they planned to do anything. On the other hand, there may have been a real immediate plan just waiting for the go-ahead.
Fact is: There was a threat, and it was thwarted. Heavy-handidly, yes, but it was thwarted none-the-less.