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Just saw this today. It's a leaked memo/directive from the US Dept of Homeland Security


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Aviation Security Directive
Subject: Security Directive
Number: SD 1544-09-06
Date: December 25, 2009
EXPIRATION: 0200Z on December 30, 2009
This Security Directive (SD) must be implemented immediately. The measures contained in this SD are in addition to all other SDs currently in effect for your operations.
INFORMATION: On December 25, 2009, a terrorist attack was attempted against a flight traveling to the United States. TSA has identified security measures to be implemented by airports, aircraft operators, and foreign air carriers to mitigate potential threats to flights.
APPLICABILITY: THIS SD APPLIES TO AIRCRAFT OPERATORS THAT CARRY OUT A SECURITY PROGRAM REGULATED UNDER 49 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR)1544.101(a).
ACTIONS REQUIRED: If you conduct scheduled and/or public charter flight operations under a Full Program under 49 CFR 1544.101(a) departing from any foreign location to the United States (including its territories and possessions), you must immediately implement all measures in this SD for each such flight.
1. BOARDING GATE

1. The aircraft operator or authorized air carrier representative must ensure all passengers are screened at the boarding gate during the boarding process using the following procedures. These procedures are in addition to the screening of all passengers at the screening checkpoint.
1. Perform thorough pat-down of all passengers at boarding gate prior to boarding, concentrating on upper legs and torso.
2. Physically inspect 100 percent of all passenger accessible property at the boarding gate prior to boarding, with focus on syringes being transported along with powders and/or liquids.
3. Ensure the liquids, aerosols, and gels restrictions are strictly adhered to in accordance with SD 1544-06-02E.
2. During the boarding process, the air carrier may exempt passengers who are Heads of State or Heads of Government from the measures outlined in Section I.A. of this SD, including the following who are traveling with the Head of State or Head of Government:

1. Spouse and children, or
2. One other individual (chosen by the Head of State or Head of Government)
3. For the purposes of Section I.B., the following definitions apply:
1. Head of State: An individual serving as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth, or any other political state (for example, King, Queen, and President).
2. Head of Government: The chief officer of the executive branch of a government presiding over a cabinet (for example, Prime Minister, Premier, President, and Monarch).

2. IN FLIGHT

1. During flight, the aircraft operator must ensure that the following procedures are followed:
1. Passengers must remain in seats beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
2. Passenger access to carry-on baggage is prohibited beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.
3. Disable aircraft-integrated passenger communications systems and services (phone, internet access services, live television programming, global positioning systems) prior to boarding and during all phases of flight.
4. While over U.S. airspace, flight crew may not make any announcement to passengers concerning flight path or position over cities or landmarks.
5. Passengers may not have any blankets, pillows, or personal belongings on the lap beginning 1 hour prior to arrival at destination.

AIRCRAFT OPERATOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The aircraft operator must immediately provide written confirmation to its assigned PSI indicating receipt of this SD.
AIRCRAFT OPERATOR dissemination required: The aircraft operator must immediately pass the information and directives set forth in this SD to all stations affected, and provide written confirmation to its PSI, indicating that all stations affected have acknowledged receipt of the information and directives set forth in this SD. The aircraft operator must disseminate this information to its senior management personnel, ground security coordinators, and supervisory security personnel at all affected locations. All aircraft operator personnel implementing this SD must be briefed by the aircraft operator on its content and the restrictions governing dissemination. No other dissemination may be made without prior approval of the Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration. Unauthorized dissemination of this document or information contained herein is prohibited by 49 CFR Part 1520 (see 69 Fed. Reg. 28066 (May 18, 2004).


FOR TSA ACTION ONLY: The TSA must issue this SD immediately to the corporate security element of all affected U.S. aircraft operators.
FOR STATE DEPARTMENT: Retransmittal to appropriate foreign posts is authorized. Post must refer to STATE 162917, 201826Z Sep 01, Subject: FAA Security Directives and Information Circulars: Definitions and Handling, for specific guidance and dissemination.

Gale Rossides
Acting Administrator




http://gizmodo.com/5435188/leaked-homeland-securitys-post-underwear-bomb-airplane-rules

Since when did having alleged extremist views become valid reasons to cancel your Visa? I'm pretty sure his visa would not have been renewed in 2010, but the current visa would have stood until then until more concrete evidence was available to link him with any plot to attack the United States.
The report from his father makes him a suspicious fellow who would probably have been under surveillance in the US, but not so serious as to generate a no-fly status.

Add to that the guy's profile as a wealthy Nigerian - and Nigerians have never been known to be suicidal (until now).

It's laughable to insist that the US is at fault for not canceling the guy's visa. What about Lagos and Amsterdam that allowed this fellow to board a flight carrying explosives?

You do realize that Royal Bank of Scotland and the Lloyd's Banking Group had to sell off many bank branches and lay off several staff to stay afloat even after the injection of bailout funds from the British Government?

It's only when it happens in Nigeria that people start blaming the person bailing out the ailing banks.

away4real:
What did Soludo do to manage his own situation. Soludo came up with a strategic paper few months ahead on the aim of his consolidation and provided modalities and incentives for mergers. He did not wake up one day and said all banks must meet N25 billion, it was a prperly thought out scheme.

I have not painted Sanusi a tribalist, but he has failed to provide the adequate intellectual mechanism needed for such a delicate execise. Your comparison to Enron earlier is inappropriate, why did the Bank of england or Federal reserve not kill the banks that they gave out loans to individuals that cant pay their mortgages.

The problem of the margin loans is in a way similar to the sub prime wrong calculation of the risk. Lets limit this debate to issues and not sensatious stories or conspiracy theories.

Sanusi should provide credible ratios and test and a strategic intent to guide all banks and give a time frame to achieve it, and not be in a haste to crucify Nigerian banks.

Please stop dodging the issue. The rot in the banking sector did not happen overnight. It happened in Soludo's tenure, and he had to be aware of it. So what exactly did he do to manage the situation? If he was actually doing something, then why is there no indication that there were any ongoing improvements?

My Enron analogy is apt in this situation. Had prompt action been taken in Enron case, bankruptcy may have been avoided. Definitely Enron would have had to downsize to minimize losses - hence a loss of non-critical manpower (which is what is happening here). Enron was allowed to collapse and instead of merely taking a bitter pill, the whole body was lost.
In this case these measures the banks are taking are to ensure profitability and viability. Do you have any proof that the cost of doing noting would have been less?

MrCrackles:
Thank you jare. . . .
TP i am baffled at the pathetic level of reasoning of so many peeps on the forum. . . .
At times it aint even worth debating or discussing with anyone who cant think out of the box!

Sometimes, the thing confounds me o! Imagine a case when the news first broke of the Nigerian bomber's attempt and several reactions here were insisting that the whole thing may have been a CIA plot to invade the Niger Delta.
NIgerians have long preferred to put their trust in wildly implausible conspiracy theories instead of using their God given brains  

The messiah culture in Nigeria has meant people are extremely reluctant to give up their heroes. Nigerians LOVE their heroes! Which is why to many Dora Akunyili can do no wrong, and to those Soludo worshippers, it's far better to heap all the blame on Sanusi than to acknowledge that their hero may have been asleep at the wheel in recent times.

90% of Nairaland men will give their wives little or no say in how they handle their affairs. Yet these same people heap blame on MAryam's head for all the atrocities IBB committed.

May her Soul rest in Peace.

away4real:
. It was a shame listening to Sanusi on CNN, he had no clue the harm he was doing to the Nigerian Macro economy he was just talking and thought he sounded intelligent so sad.

HAve you considered that it may well be because you people have put Sanusi on the defensive for merely doing his job that he has to go around defending his actions and his position with vigor? Someone carried out actions to bring sanity in the banking sector and he was promptly submerged with accusations of tribalism, Northern agenda, Sharia culture, favouritism, bias and corruption. And let's not forget the infamous Vanguard article (a favourite tool in the hands of fools). When presented with such full spectrum, unfounded accusations what is the man supposed to do but defend himself increasingly?

Has any of you ever asked Soludo what he did to manage the situation? I mean, you all bandy that phrase about, but what did he really do?

If only someone had intervened decisively in the case of Enron in 1999/2000, perhaps the devastating bankruptcy coud have been avoided and 22000 employees would not have been jobless.
But perhaps if someone had intervened then, you'd have a few shortsighted people complaining about retrenchments and other cost saving methods, just like how some of you here are whining about Sanusi.


It beats me hollow how some people are lauding Soludo for 'managing the situation quietly'. The man saw the rot and kept quiet for his own political and personal gains. Between Soludo and Sanusi, we at least know one of them that took swift and decisive action to curb the bleeding.

[quote author=George_D link=topic=372443.msg5199970#msg5199970 date=1262000166]that is sls reforms at work. [/quote]No. It's the aftermath of Soludo sleeping on the job in the latter years of his stewardship.

3500 gone, perhaps could have been tens of thousands if any of the big banks had gone under.

Onlytruth:
So, moderators bear these points in mind. Nigeria is a tribal country. We don't have a united country yet. All attempts to hush people here is tantamount to the same hushing and shout downs which greeted all attempts at conducting national conferences to create a nation in Nigeria in the past.

So the best way to have a 'united country' is to egg on those spreading the message of disunity, abi?

Onlytruth:
and if in the process we solve those problems the "elites" in Nigeria are too corrupt to solve, great!

We're not solving ANY problems. In fact, we are supporting the existing ones and happily creating new ones.

Of course the guy had a passport. These guys just sold that cock and bull story to that news agency for some cash.

MandingoII:
[size=18pt]Censorship anywhere is WRONG!
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Let em rant. Its good for em.


If some of you had your way. Nothing but sanitized bullsh!t will be posted.

I admire your convictions. I hope you take time out to demonstrate your strong stand by travelling to Saudi Arabia to preach the gospel. Or by bringing in 30 Kg of Indian Hemp to Singapore or Malaysia.
You could also try jogging down a busy street in Tel Aviv with a Swastika emblazoned on your t-shirt.

Bottom line, rules are in place to be obeyed, and morally grey areas should be avoided.


Seriously, this is not even 100% about 'censorship'. in most cases, those posts and posters add nothing to the Politics section, and nothing at all to the discussion of Politics.

I see the tribalists have started fighting back. No big surprise there.
In any decent, well moderated forum, rules are laid down and rules are obeyed. Divisive and hate-filled topics are disallowed completely. Why is Nairaland any different?
As if on cue, i see people trotting out inane arguments to support their position. Who cares if the Nigerian govt. practices quota system, does that mean we need to entrench divisive lines of tribalism in everything we do or say? Is there to be no inflection point where we realise what needs to be done for the future and work towards it?
What then is the point of everything if the educated young minds revert happily into the gutter we're trying to get out from? Why do we not realise the essential STUPIDITY inherent in tribal bias and tribalism? We come from a Negroid race enslaved in the past by the Arabs and by the caucasians of Europe and America simply because our difference was easily explained away as inferiority. Now, here we are keen to drive such lines of division and inferiority amongst ourselves!

Even as kids, one of the first tales we were told was about the fact that while one single broom stick was incredibly weak, a bunched group of broomsticks became far stronger. The lesson was 'together we stand, divided we fall'. Yet here we are in a nation desperately needing unity and strength to survive, and all you educated louts can think about is to further drive down the division amongst us.

There is a need for stronger, more effective moderation in Nairaland, and nowhere is it needed more than the Politics section. Tribalism aside, the fact that the mods see nothing wrong in someone posting a topic of 'Man stabs neighbour over girlfriend' or 'Man turns into goat' in a Politics section is serious cause for worry.

Sending a warning of that nature is still no grounds to cancel the visa. The best the US officials could do was to put his name on a 'suspicious' list. That lost is circulated around and should have then meant a tougher screening process for him at the airport. All those saying the US should have canceled his visa are being extremely naive.

I do not think his father can absolve himself of any blame. Afterall, it obviously wasn't the son that rented that multimillion pound apartment in London.

@kobojunkie
I've seen report that he's Been to the us in 2008 for bout 11 days.

Sending a warning of that nature is still no grounds to cancel the visa. The best the US officials could do was to put his name on a 'suspicious' list. That lost is circulated around and should have then meant a tougher screening process for him at the airport. All those saying the US should have canceled his visa are being extremely naive.

I do not think his father can absolve himself of any blame. Afterall, it obviously wasn't the son that rented that multimillion pound apartment in London.

@kobojunkie
I've seen report that he's Been to the us in 2008 for bout 11 days.

When they made Kosovo a mod here, i and several others were dismayed, i no go lie.
But so far he's doing a FAR better job than that clown RichyBlack ever did. Abeg Kosovo, enforce the rules jo. Deal with all these tribalists once and for all.

The 'report to moderator' button is useless. Nothing ever comes of it. At the end of the day, it's just someone sitting down, rubbing his hands in childish glee while adsense money piles up, caring nothing for the fact that the average IQ in the 'Politics' section is dropping daily.

THis is why Nairaland may never be a force to reckon with politically, while other communities like Nigeriavillagesquare are growing daily in influence.

sodconfirm:
IT IS SUCH A VERY BAD NEWS THAT IT DID NOT WORK OUT FOR HIM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE GUY IS NOT silly AND ALSO HE IS NOT A LOW LIFE naughty person AS YOU THINK AND MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE WILLING TO DO IT FREE OF CHARGE, HE LIVES IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSES IN LONDON, EACH FLAT ON THE STREET COSTS 4 MILLION POUNDS WHICH MEANS HE IS NOT BOKA-HARAM KNOWN TO CONSIST OF ILLITERATES AND LOW-LIFE PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE STAND UP FOR SAME REASON. HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN YOUR TIME TO LISTEN TO THE VIEWS OF THE SO CALLED TERRORIST OR YOU DECIDE TO LIVE ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE WESTERNS AND THEIR ALLIED MEDIA. THE PEOPLE HE IS TRYING TO FIGHT ENGINEERED THIS ATTACK THAT KILLED 1,400 PALESTINIANS IN THE GAZA STRIP MAINLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN http://www.vtjp.org/background/imagesgaza.php , THOUGH ISREAL CARRIED OUT THE ATTACKS BUT THE DEADLY WEAPONS USED WERE MADE AND SUPPLIED BY U.S, U.S DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT TILL DATE AND AS YOU KNOW ISREAL IS THE CLOSEST ALLIED TO THE U.S IN THE MIDDLE EAST, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A SHIP IN JORDAN TRYING TO BRING IN FOOD AND MEDICAL AIDS TO THE PALESTINIANS AFFECTED BY THE WAR BUT EGYPT DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO PASS THEIR BODERS DUE TO ISREALI PRESSURE NOT TO ALLOW THOSE ITEMS IN, CAN YOU TELL ME WHY?, WHERE IS THE MERCIFUL U.S NOW?, WHO IS A WAR CRIMINAL/TERRORIST NOW? WHERE IS THE NICE SMILING FACE OF OBAMA NOW?

         ALSO THE MERCILESS DRONE ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, IRAQ ,YEMEN AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, CAN YOU JUST WAKE UP AND DECIDE TO TAKE REVENGE WHEN NOTING HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU OR YOUR MUSLIM BROTHERS?. I AM A CHRISTIAN BUT WHEN I GOT TO HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY, I KNEW THE TRUTH AND LIVED ON IT. HE WHOM YOU SEE AS A TERRORIST IS A HERO TO SOME PEOPLE. FIGHTING BACK BY THESE MEANS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEIR VOICES HEARD AND THE ONLY WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR HIS BROTHERS. HE MEANT ON ATTACKING THE U.S THAT IS WHY HE DID NOT DESIGNATE THE EXPLOSIVE IN AMSTERDAM OR ON AIR UNTIL ABOUT 20 MINS TO LAND IN DETRIOT, HE WANTED TO ATTACK ON U.S SOIL. DO NOT LABEL HIM A TERRORIST BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN TROOPS ARE OUT THERE KILLING CIVILIANS AND CALLING THEM CASUALTIES OF WAR. DAAMMMM IT.

Shut the hell up, you stoopid, terrorist sonovabitch. What do those 289 people in that plane have to do with Afghanistan and Iraq? So it's all right in your books to kill innocent civillians, abi?
You bastards are the worms killing this world, the demons that plague NIgeria. I should like to kill you myself.

Alpha3006:
BBC has confirmed the fact that his father had earlier reported the boy to the US embassy 6 months ago while they failed to keep an eye on me.Which i want believe that the dad must be a very discilpline father,so to some people discussing the issue now they want to soil the name of the father because of the boy's misdeed.Who among in Nigerian elite that can do that?Agree the boy is bad and should be ashamed of soiling his father's name yet we cant tongue lash the father for the boy's misdeed,or has Nigerians forgot a serving minister's son that was found despoiling girls in the US and the dad was there to support hm of his deeds by saying nothing about the case.Let's leave sentiment alone the boy got the best thing in life only that he choosed to be silly by involving himself in terrorism.

What a load of bull. BBC et al are reporting that it's in Nigerian media thAt the father tried to warn the us embassy. Until the US confirms it, I'll take such news with a pnch of salt.
The dad cannot remove himself from blame. Whose multimillion pound house was the man staying in in London? Who gave a 23 year old so much money?

olatayor:
I still would not accept that this dude is nigerian.when it comes to usa and the rest of the world,there is always a conspiracy.if the bomber was actually going to blow off a plane,it will be in the air and not with a cheap explosive that sounds like a balloon.i trust the united states,they sure know how to make things look real.we need to start standing up against some things and not just accept.thats just a way the US would use to invade our niger delta,all in the name of fightin terrorism.

Stop being retarded and listen to how ridiculous you sound. What the hell has a 'conspiracy' got to do with anything? What's the connection with this terrorist attempt and the Niger Delta? Is the arrested fellow even from the NIger Delta?

olatayor:
.if the bomber was actually going to blow off a plane,it will be in the air and not with a cheap explosive that sounds like a balloon.

And you think it's easy to smuggle a sophisticated bomb aboard a US plane in this day and age? If this is the cornerstone of your entire 'conspiracy' argument, i think you need to work on improving your IQ as soon as possible.

letustalk:
Ok then. Thanks for the enlightenment. I catalogued on HP's website and thought i could get better configs than i saw there. Did not know there were straight jacket configs. Thanks again but you know you did not have to use foul language. It really does you no credit in my eyes at all. So folks, how about these configs? Time is still ticking.

HP MINI NETBOOK
QUANTITY: (2)
1.6Ghz Processor
2GB Ram
250GB HDD
10.1"
Bluetooth, Webcam
Windows 7


NOTE: Opening closes 3rd of January 2010 after which the best offer is deal-sealed. Earlier deal was however closed within same day of posting. Thanks to Rossoneri's offer.

ok, i'm in a much better mood. apologies for the offensive language.

Usually 160GB is the upper tier for netbook HDDs, at least until recently. Any higher has got to be a specially configured version.
My advice is for you to go for a hp mini 311. It's 11 inches (i think) but more importantly it's got the Nvidia Ion graphics chipset, so it should provide better video and 3d performance.

Not too sure about Windows 7, it's only recently that Netbooks started shipping with them, and the version pre-installed in the netbooks that do have them is the starter edition. That said, it still is better than XP IMHO.

Have a nice Christmas.

Where are all those 'touch not my anointed' Christians?

This has nothing to do with being a 'square peg in a round hole'. this woman is simply either incompetent or dumb. When a woman informs the Senate that after spending hundreds of millions of naira on the Rebranding project, her biggest achievements were
1. Wrangling an apology from SOny over the PS3 advert and
2. Banning the District 9 movie

You get to wonder why people are still making excuses for the woman who has long since joined the rogues gallery of clowns in the leadership.

ndcide:
those who want to find fault in dora would always see something.we should let this woman be.she is one of the best brains presently in the FEC.
all these n/lanrds hating dora cant play the politics she is playing and still remain who she is. do you all know what it means to be an info/comm minister? you must play by the rules no matter how you are. its like that any were in the world.

if it was frank nweke jnr, would we be hearing all these. well, we have lots of hypocrites on nira land afterall. all those accusing her are worse than her.
i wonder how much positive impact those accusing dora have made in there immediate environment. those who knw what it is to wash a cloth stained with poo and try to make it clean will appreciate dora.

those who cant stand the pressure/aggression of a nigerian police man would open their smelly mouth.

well, those who are note on the field of play would always assume they could do better.

Unlike you, i expect better from my leaders. And when they do not deliver as promised, in a democratic setting we are meant to question them. I have great pity for you. You're suffering from self-inflicted mental slavery.

Jakumo's posts are extremely entertaining!

@Knowall
Learn how to use the 'Quote' button when you're replying someone.

http://thelongharmattanseason..com/2008/04/nigerian-bankers-award-2008.html

Stumbled across this link talking about Vanguard's 2008 Bank awards. From all indications the awards have been pretty big money spinners in the past for Vanguard newspapers, no points for guessing why they are so ticked off at Sanusi

dappssee:
[size=40pt]TAYO ADERINOKUN IS AFRICAN BANKER OF THE YEAR 2009[/size]

http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gtb-ceo-gets-african-banker-of-the-year-2009-award

I don't care what you have to say, posting in CAPS and such big font is poor netiquette.

Ben Swift:
Bizzaire

No. Bizarre.

letustalk:
I need an HP laptop with the following config for delivery on 5th of january, 2010. Rossoneri this does not affect your supply for tommorrow thursday, 24th. Our deal still stands secured. Just wanted to throw this out for the best offer i can get out there. If your offer is equally good enough i will buy these from you too.

HP MINI NETBOOK
QUANTITY: (2)
2.3Ghz Processor
3GB Ram
10.1"
Bluetooth, Webcam
Windows 7
Fingerprint (optional)

NOTE: Opening closes 3rd of January 2010 after which the best offer is deal-sealed. Earlier deal was however closed within same day of posting. Thanks to Rossoneri's offer.

Don't be daft. There's no 10.1 inch netbook with any processor greater than an intel Atom. The standard Atom config for HP netbooks is between 1.6 - 1.66 Ghz.
Don't get me started on Fingerprint recognition for a netbook.
You sure you really know what a netbook is?

Afam:
The fact remains that for Ironsi to be marked for death and he foiled the coup should make it crystal clear that the coup was not an Igbo coup because the coup was led by someone from the Mid West and not South East or Eastern region as a whole.

Ojukwu helped in foiling the coup, Ironsi foiled the coup and yet Igbos had to be killed and blamed for the coup.

The envy and jealousy from other tribes were so much that they could not even pretend or hide them.

As they say, facts don't change. Lies do.

You can state this categorically because you've had the benefit of time to come to this conclusion. But how else did you expect the northerners to react or perceive that coup when

1. the main actors were Igbos
2. A whole lot of influential northerners were killed.

Perhaps they really should have killed Ironsi if they wanted to prove the 'detribalized coup' angle. However, they didn't. and to be fair, it doesn't take much of a stretch to believe that the coup had a strong ethnic agenda.

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