Save the many sacrifice a few ?

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Actually, Holland chose to let him through, on American advice.

Now, to the question. Obviously, they didn't think he was going to light his genitals on fire, so your sensationalist thread target is way off base. Nobody made the calculation you are insinuating. They reasonable assumed that any substantial threat would be caught by airport security. Consequently, they probably thought he was infiltrating, and since they had him marked he would be a great asset. Seems obvious, and a good call.

As my wife always says, you make the best decision you can with the information in hand. That's the best that anyone can expect. If it turns out to be a bad call, you evaluate why and then move on without the hand wringing.

[Hazir]

Actually, Holland chose to let him through, on American advice.

Now, to the question. Obviously, they didn't think he was going to light his genitals on fire, so your sensationalist thread target is way off base. Nobody made the calculation you are insinuating. They reasonable assumed that any substantial threat would be caught by airport security. Consequently, they probably thought he was infiltrating, and since they had him marked he would be a great asset. Seems obvious, and a good call.

As my wife always says, you make the best decision you can with the information in hand. That's the best that anyone can expect. If it turns out to be a bad call, you evaluate why and then move on without the hand wringing.

Ok Americans; a little bit of education for you:

No airplane anywhere in this world leaves for the United States without all passengers being vetted by the US department of Homeland Security. Got that? NO CONSENT = NO PLANE, NO PASSENGER. If there is a single person who makes a red flag go up on an AMERICAN no-fly list, then the plane will not leave untill that passenger and his luggage are off the plane (if they ever made it that far, which is unlikely). The reason for that is that the US wants total control over who it allows into its airspace and enforces that.

The role of the Netherlands or any country is totally irrelevant in this debate. The question is, is the DHS correct in risking the lives of people on airplanes in order to have a chance to infiltrate. Because they made the choice to let a person with known terrorist links board a plane. The could have stopped him, by simply telling that he wasn't allowed to fly to the US.