British Foil Plot to Blow Up Airliners to U.S.

Thank God for the British investigators!  The news is reporting a plan to blow up a number of American carrier planes crossing the Atlantic.  This was to be accomplished by carrying on the components of bomb-making material and then mixing the material while in flight.  See Sky News and BBC.  The British have established severe restrictions on what can be carried on to the plane into the passenger compartment (see Sky News article), but it looks like no laptops, no books, no pens, no paper, not even any drinks. If you bring liquid baby formula, you have to take a taste.  Whew. For a wrap-up and discussion of ties to the missing Egyptians in the U.S. and the 1995 plot to blow up planes crossing the Pacific see Michelle Malkin.  Michelle Malkin also has a summary of arrests in the U.S. on Wednesday in Dearborn of two individuals with large numbers of cell phones, cash, and airplane itinerary information.  Brendan Loy also has a comprehensive wrap up and says that TSA has ordered that no liquids be carried aboard domestic US flights.  Belmont Club has an even wider wrap-up and ends up with a quote from the Great Gatsby.