"Suspicious Activity"

(AFP/Paul J. Richards)


In an effort to demonstrate the uselessness of TSA, two flights today have made headlines; one in Detroit again, the other in Phoenix. Hopefully anyone traveling over the next few weeks speaks English as a first language. Also, I would recommend sticking to animated movies.

Transportation Security Administration officials said passengers aboard U.S. Airways Flight 192 from Orlando, Fla., on Saturday night reported that two men, described as Middle Eastern, were acting strangely and talking loudly to each other in a foreign language.

A nearby passenger also observed one of men watching what appeared to be footage of a suicide bombing, but was actually a scene from the 2007 movie "The Kingdom." The man also got up from his seat while the seat belt warning sign was still lit, FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said.

Having to use the bathroom during turbulence is considered suspicious activity. Keep that in mind next time the drink cart comes your way.

And the cause of the Detroit false alarm?

The Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight is the same one targeted Friday in what prosecutors called a failed attempt to blow up a jetliner. Sandra Berchtold, a spokeswoman for the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Detroit, said Sunday's alert was caused by a passenger who "spent a lengthy time in the restroom."

The good news is that President Obama was notified immediately of the Detroit flight's passenger that "spent a lengthy time in the restroom."