So this is what led to the hasty electronics restrictions. https://t.co/OoEG2sGb28
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) March 31, 2017
You know that electronics ban on flights from the Middle East to the U.S. and the U.K. that a bunch of airlines were mocking last week? Yeah — the threat is real, and terrifying.
Not only are ISIS and al Qaeda terrorists working on tiny bombs for electronics that the FBI says are hard to detect, but CNN is reporting that the terror groups have gotten their hands on actual airport surveillance equipment that’s helped them create the sophisticated devices:
BREAKING: Terrorists are testing concealed explosives with stolen airport security equipment, intel sources say https://t.co/GjM6SOKaLl pic.twitter.com/fBO1PkIjAY
— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2017
Not good:
https://twitter.com/wiedjane/status/847945500204642305
And don’t a bunch of people owe the Trump administration an apology over their doubts on the ban?
https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/847945856452087815
kinda like CNN sperging that this restriction made no sense to flipping that it wasn't going far enough
— Aimless Drunk (@WoodWhisperers) March 31, 2017
Not so “ridiculous” now, is it?
"This is ridiculous": The airline electronics ban is already causing confusion and frustration for travelers https://t.co/BrFd8Uj1iQ pic.twitter.com/LvljH7Zixx
— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2017
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And maybe these “security experts” need to question their own assumptions:
Security experts have questions about the airline electronics ban's timing and whether it really makes flying safer https://t.co/uWWlkFArms pic.twitter.com/Ir4k7CdvLV
— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2017
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Related:
Royal Jordanian Airlines mocks the electronics travel ban https://t.co/jTJPlb8zyH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 23, 2017
UPDATE: UK will follow US and ban electronics of Mideast flights https://t.co/yVg5C3vqzT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 21, 2017
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