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Full Body Scan [Radio Show Update and Correction]

By John Batchelor on December 27, 2009 at 2:00 AM in Current Affairs

Editor’s Note: Larry Johnson is featured in this report on John Batchelor’s Saturday programming. Larry will also be on John Batchelor’s show Sunday night at 7:05 p.m. ET. See the end of this post for specifics on how to tune in.

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Burn Ward.  

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Spoke Neal Boudette, WSJ, Detroit Bureau Chief, re the detention and arraignment of the Flight 253 suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutullab. Earlier today, Neal Boudette called at the Ann Arbor hospital where the suspect is being held, in the burn ward. To some surprise, Neal Boudette was able to walk all the way into the ward and to the suspect’s room. He reports the man was lying motionless in a darkened room, his head turned away from the door. No IV, no tent for burns.

At that point, a Federal agent, likely FBI, asked Neal Boudette to leave the area. Later, a Federal judge arrived at the room and an AP and local TV reporters were invited to witness the arraignment. Suspect was charged with Federal crimes.

Suspect was seated at the araignment, with a blanket over his lower body. Not sedated or unable to respond. Judge asked suspect if he understood the proceedings and the suspect answered “Yes.” Judge asked if the suspect had money to hire ann attorney, and the suspect answered he had “no funds.” Suspect was arraigned in the hospital and is expected to remain in hosputal at least another day. 

Airport Security Little Changed So Far. 

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Later Saturday 26, Douglas Laird, retired from Northwest Airline security director, and Larry Johnson, No Quarter, explained that no airport security extant is correct to apprehend what is presumed to be the mode used by the suspect at Amsterdam’s airport, where the suspect passed through three first-rate screenings. What would defeat the mode is a body scan machine, which are not in use. Possibly a full-body pat down, but not necessarily.

The body scan is not practical because of cost per machine (more than $250k each); and the full pat down is not practical because of time, unless you also permit profiling.

In sum, the suspect defeated all the screens between Lagos, Nigeria and wheels down at Detroit airport. Later, Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, reported that there was little change in security at several major California airports, SFO, Oakland, LAX, San Diego. Perhaps the TSA is catching up on the reports.

Jeff Bliss did mention the report that passengers coming from overseas are reporting long lines boarding US bound aircraft.

Do they know that the delays do not solve the threat?  Only a full body scan can solve it, or individual full pat downs.  Nothing else.

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batchelor-sTONIGHT: Tune in to John Batchelor’s syndicated radio show when Larry Johnson joins the weekly experts’ panel. The syndicated shows run every Saturday and Sunday on many stations and via iTunes. Sunday night’s topics:

Sunday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time):  Larry Johnson, No Quarter,  Max Blumenthal, DailyBeast.com, John Avlon, DailyBeast, re healthcare.

Sunday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Continued

OF NOTE: John’s show used to be carried by KFI-AM; he has moved to several new stations. That is why you’ll no longer use the KFI live feed but instead employ iTunes.

Follow these three easy steps once you’ve opened iTunes:

  1. Select Radio;

  2. Scroll to and select News Talk Radio; and

  3. Scroll to and select KSFO-AM WABC-AM.

NOTE: You can also try connecting via these talk radio stations: WABC, WMAL, WLS, KSFO, WBAP. However, I have tried KSFO-AM, and it worked perfectly for me, so I encourage its use. TONIGHT, use WABC.

UPDATE: Earlier today, I advised that you connect via KFSO but it’s not airing John live tonight, so do connect through via WABC, which I am listening to right now.