Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
A spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection now says that a man who was handcuffed and questioned by authorities on Christmas Day was a passenger on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 — just days after saying that person arrived to Detroit aboard a different flight.
How the attempt to blow up NWA Flight 253 en route to Detroit became an issue in the race for Michigan governor.
“I think this man has some sort of intellectual challenges,” Carville quipped, referencing Hoekstra’s fund-raising letter that highlights an alleged terrorist’s attempt to blow up a Northwest airliner en route to Detroit Christmas Day.
Or would different screening methods at airports actually increase safety?
Complete text of U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra’s fundraising letter sent in aftermath of attempted Detroit terrorist attack
The e-mail solicitation from U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, above, showed poor judgment, Rick Snyder’s campaign spokesman said.