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Beam Me Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-04 04:29 PM
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Senators Gave Immunity To (9/11) Airport Security Firms / Flocco
I'm not familiar with this outlet or how reliable a source they are. Still, this is interesting:
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In light of the current problems the airline industry is experiencing regarding terrorist threats linked to canceled incoming overseas flights due to security problems in London and other foreign terminals, the National Air Disaster Alliance / Foundation (NADA / F -- www.PlaneSafe.org ) has continued to express outrage that Congress gave corporate immunity to airport security companies responsible for security at U.S. airports on September 11, 2001.

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SENATORS FACING VOTERS IN NOVEMBER WHO VOTED FOR CORPORATE IMMUNITY:

Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT), Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY), Sen. Ben Nighthorse-Campbell (R-CO), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH).

Senators facing the voters in 2004 who voted to remove corporate immunity for airport security from the Homeland Security Bill were all Democrats except for Republican John McCain, who also voted to protect American citizens from failed airport security. 


More at link.

http://www.tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file+article&sid=36

The site is protected so that link may not work. Try http://www.tomflocco.com/ and scroll down for full story.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-04 04:34 PM
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1. I will never believe anything Tom Flocco says
He lost all credibility with me when he reported as fact the story that Katherine Harris was killed in a plane crash.

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Beam Me Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-04 04:43 PM
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2. you may be right
but the political point of the story is sufficiently interesting to be worthy of further investigation. We should be able to confirm this or not.
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-04 04:53 PM
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3. that's a bit harsh
Sure, he jumped on a rumour, but he quickly retracted it. So what? That's the Internet for you. But Flocco is not a breaking news source. His contribution is as an investigative journalist, and he's contributed a great deal, particularly in his monitoring the 9/11 investigations.
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stickdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-04 05:53 PM
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5. Perfect characterization.
Although I agree that the Harris report was dicey, that's not what Flocco does for a living.
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-04-04 05:14 PM
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4. Duhh. I knew that. Almost all other DU'rs knew that as soon as it
was proposed and passed.

There were at least a few threads on this very topic. That is why I and many others OPPOSED the act/law/regulation/giveaway.

Same las that refused to give unemployment benifits to airline employees at the time they were GIVING - not "loaning" - the airlines millions/billionw of dollars.

Now tell me again why we can't give the passenger railroad industry ANY subsidies even remotely comparible to the airline industry?
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