A university student from Egypt was ordered held without bond after prosecutors said they found a pilot’s uniform, chart of Memphis International Airport and a DVD titled “How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act” in his apartment.
The FBI is investigating whether Mahmoud Maawad, 29, had any connection to terrorists. He is awaiting trial on charges of wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number….
Maawad had ordered $3,000 in aviation materials, including DVDs titled “Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings,” “Airplane Talk,” “Mental Math for Pilots” and “Mastering GPS Flying,” FBI agent Thad Gulczynski testified. (Source)
I seem to recall that a gaggle of young Muslim men had taken flying lessons in the United States and proceeded to use the knowledge to kill Americans. I believe that was back in 2001, sometime in September. That was only one of many terrorist cells in the U.S., but we can’t profile young Muslim men because that would be racist.
The Department of Homeland Insecurity is doing a bang-up job, aren’t they?
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