Homeland Insecurity
A couple of weeks ago I was in New York for my nephew’s wedding. At the reception, a cousin regaled me with a tale of his encounter with Homeland Security at the Minneapolis airport. The upshot is that the security folks seized my cousin’s toothpaste.
Fast forward to this past weekend in New York City. An airplane and a helicopter collide, killing nine people. While following this story I found out that under 1100 feet in altitude, over the Hudson river, there is no regulatory control. That’s right, that area is a free fly zone. Now this is in New York City, site of the tragedy of 9/11. As Joe Scarborough said on this morning’s edition of Morning Joe on MSNBC, all a terrorist would have to do is take a small plane at a small, local airport, fill the plane with an explosive, stay under 1100 feet, and fly it into Times Square. He would go unnoticed. Voila! A weapon of mass destruction. Another tragedy.
But watch out for that toothpaste.
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Chester County Lawyer, National Politics.