9/11 Redux: 'Thousands of Aliens' in U.S. Flight Schools Illegally

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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4353991&page=1


Thousands of foreign student pilots have been able to enroll and obtain pilot licenses from U.S. flight schools, despite tough laws passed in the wake of the 9/ll attacks, according to internal government documents obtained by ABC News.


"Some of the very same conditions that allowed the 9-11 tragedy to happen in the first place are still very much in existence today," wrote one regional security official to his boss at the TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

"Thousands of aliens, some of whom may very well pose a threat to this country, are taking flight lessons, being granted FAA certifications and are flying planes," wrote the TSA official, Richard A. Horn, in 2005, complaining that the students did not have the proper visas.

Under the new laws, American flight schools are only supposed to provide pilot training to foreign students who have been given a background check by the TSA and have a specific type of visa.

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1. SHITFUCKOHMYGOD!!!!!!!

WE ALL KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO GO FROM PILOTING A CESSNA TO RAMMING A 767 INTO A BUILDING AT 600 MILES PER FREAKING HOUR!!!!!!



I swear-- ABC News always has the most overblown "terrorism" news.

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2. I kinda thought it was more like LIHOP again

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3. MIHOP