http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/ Engadget Comments for Bomb scare at Ottawa airport just an iPod http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
I a week I am taking a one-way flight with a lot of electronics in toe. I'm going to do my best to minimize suspicion but I have a feeling this heightened security will be trouble.

I'm afraid to fly because of my government, not the terrorists. Who's winning this war again?]]>Aug 27th 2006 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
It's very interesting to hear about the misinformation, bullying, and scare-tactics officials use to ground people into submission first-hand. I really wonder what would've happened if he stood up for his rights a few more times than he did. He'd probably be in prison already without any charges and not see the light of day for another 6 months. Very sad. ]]>Aug 27th 2006 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/I'm more scared of security than terrorists too. Kind of sad isn't it?]]>Aug 27th 2006 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
Didn't think so.]]>Aug 27th 2006 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
If the government thinks that this kind of idiocity makes us feel "safer", they're even stupider than I thought.

N.
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Didn't think so.

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I'm not so sure. If you were the airhostessx and didn't know what was in there, would you call the TSA? And if you were the TSA, would you accept the air hostesses response "oh no everything is alright now, we are fine don't do anything" - what if the plane was highjacked?

So should the plane have been grounded? It certainly didn't hurt... What is certain is that once it was on the ground things got out of hand. They went way too nuts with the security once the plane landed and everyone knew it was just a stray iPod. There was no need for questioning him about his travels, just get the iPod out of the toilet!]]>Sep 6th 2006 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/I've personaly had my 60GB black iPod vid clear a playne twice.
I am very wyte and of eyre-ish decent.
Never been to a ma da-la camp.
No stampz in guvmint pssprt to suggest that Iv eva had brayn warshin.
Grannyz got a balm up herz stokinz.]]>Aug 27th 2006 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
""Contraband," he said without looking up at me.
"Such as?"
"Child pornography, hate propaganda."
"Child porn I can understand, that's illegal. But hate propaganda is protected speech."
Now he looked up. "What country do you think you're in?"
"Oh, it's illegal in Canada?"
"I honestly don't know. But that doesn't matter. I get to decide what goes in this country. Do you have a problem with that?"
I paused for a long time while I thought about what I should say to this. "Yes."
"Yes, you do have a problem?"
"Yes, I do. If it's illegal in Canada I'll understand, but saying 'I don't want it in my country' isn't good enough when you're a government official."]]>Aug 27th 2006 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
Immigrations and Customs are a virtual no-man's land, where the laws that apply within the country do not necessarily extend. There is no axiomatic guarantee that what you can possess within the country can be brought in to it. Likewise, there is no axiomatic guarantee that the legal rights you have within the country extend to your time in customs and immigration.

I feel a bit embarrassed for the guy, but that's about as far as it goes. Basically, he was lucky not to have an extended vacation courtesy of the Canadian government. ]]>Aug 27th 2006 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
"Folks, this is the captain. I don't want to alarm you, but we've found a suspicious device in the front lavatory. Now, we think it's probably nothing, but in this day and age ... you can never be too careful. We'll be landing at Ottawa, where we will await further instructions."


this is a big nono in aviation, you DO NOT want to start a panic on your airplane. While I do believe that an iPod could have caused this, I don't believe that the person claiming it to be their iPod was telling the truth.]]>Aug 27th 2006 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
In UK the police have to have a warrant IF the computer is password protected, If it is not then they can look through it.

At the point when he said that it is his ipod in the toilet the stewards should of called it off.]]>Aug 27th 2006 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
99.99% of the time those so-called " Terrorist plots" are orchestrated by the U.S. Government to keep people on panic. During the past 4-years since 9/11 the terrorist alert has never come down from the Orange Level and sure in hell after this so-called "liquid bomb plan" will never come down from the Red level either.

I'm sure Halliburton and all those corporations involved in this stupid war are enjoying it. But time will tell when people will see the right path and what kind of lying Government they have. Everything in life is always reveal. The good lord always make sure everything comes to light at the right time. ]]>Aug 27th 2006 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
That angle would be a good place to start when considering a lawsuit against Customs. Anyone interested in setting-up a legal defense fund?]]>Aug 27th 2006 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/


IF YOU DIDN'T READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON WoW, DO SO; IT'S QUITE ENTERTAINING!]]>Aug 27th 2006 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 27th 2006 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 28th 2006 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
But, that's exactly the point. The point of it isn't to tell you that you are a free person with rights. It's to define the absolute bounds of what's possible in your existence. Being told what to do, how to live, what to think: just how Canadians like it.]]>Aug 28th 2006 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 28th 2006 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
I wonder then, if you had a particularly vast porn collection, whether customs would then have to view all of it to make sure none of it was child pornography. Like, what if you had like 100 hours of porn movies on your laptop-would they have to view 100 hours of porn to make sure your laptop is legal?

This could actually prove to be pretty hilarious if you think about it. We should totally make sure to keep some huge folder of the weirdest (but legal) porn we can find somewhere on our laptops just to piss customs off. Seriously, one huge folder of gay bondage scat porn just for customs to look through.]]>Aug 28th 2006 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/Aug 28th 2006 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/bomb-scare-at-ottawa-airport-just-an-ipod/
There IS a reason why Canadians are always seen as very liberal, ESPECIALLY by our neighbours down South (weird if you are American, then you are even more stupid than I originally thought).

And yep, I can't wait till you can leave my country and join your redneck Republican friends in their quest to end democracy in the US of A.

Last time I checked, most Americans were complaining about how their rights were being infringed upon, etc etc. Why else do you think that sites like DemocracyNow were started for?

Idiots, pathetically hopeless.]]>Aug 30th 2006 12:08AM