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Here come the air marshals – Obama orders surge (Update)

By Steve McGough / January 6, 2010 /

I asked the air marshal question Christmas Day after the failed terrorist attack. For some reason I figured there would be marshals on every inbound international flight, but it is not the case. President Obama has ordered all international inbound flights to have air marshals within 25 days.

Suspected terrorist on no-fly list flies – tries to blow plane up

By Steve McGough / December 25, 2009 /

A Northwest Airlines passenger arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam tried to ignite some sort of substance – or possibly ignited firecrackers – during final approach to the international airport in Michigan. The flight originated in Nigeria and that is where the passenger boarded the aircraft.

World Trade Center attacks – a first hand account

By Steve McGough / September 11, 2009 / Comments Off on World Trade Center attacks – a first hand account

Thane Thompson – 9/11 survivor, Morgan Stanley employee, and Iraq veteran – wrote a first hand account just after his experience on Sept. 11, 2001 in Tower 2. It’s an appropriate read this morning. Never forget.

Odds and Ends: Terror and Health Care

By Jim Vicevich / June 18, 2009 /

I post like this every now and then. Two stories of real interest caught my attention. Low Level Terrorism: The first comes from Instapundit. The Pentagon now considers protesters possible terrorists. Oh brother: A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels “protests” as a form of “low-level terrorism” — enraging civil liberties advocates and activist…