Jostein wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think things have changed - On flights last week, I had to take off my non-metallic (no steel backbone) shoes that I have traveled with since 9/11. Agent advised they were looking for "other things" - no elaboration
on
that.
Wasn't there a guy who tried to blow up a plane with explosives that formed part of his shoe soles?
Jostein
Yes, his name was Richard Reid, a rabid follower of Osama. A U.S. Court recently (Jan. 2003) gave him 110 years incarceration, plus a total fine of US$2,608,000.
keith whaley
