Re: Don't spend too much time in the bathroom...

["David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>]

Sigh... what was that piddle pack URL again? Can I buy in bulk?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
> Sent: 29 December 2009 12:59
> To: Alex Eckelberry; Larry Seltzer; funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] Don't spend too much time in the bathroom...
>
> And if you have to visit there twice or EVEN three times 
> during a flight you have to tell to the crew beforehand!
>
> Juha-Matti
>
> Larry Seltzer [larry () larryseltzer com] kirjoitti: 
> > The answer is obvious. Airplane bathroom doors should automatically 
> > open after 10 minutes and an alarm should sound.
> >
> > Larry Seltzer
> > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> > larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com
> > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> > On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 7:13 AM
> > To: funsec () linuxbox org; Alex Eckelberry
> > Subject: Re: [funsec] Don't spend too much time in the bathroom...
> >
> > The story mentioned in Flight 253 thread (pointing to NYDailyNews
> > article) says that
> > "Passengers told investigators that Abdulmutallab spent about 20 
> > minutes in the bathroom and covered himself with a blanket 
> when he sat down"
> > Only 20 minutes... The second Nigerian man spent an hour.
> > Now TSA has to wake up is ten minutes or more too long...
> >
> > Juha-Matti
> >
> > Alex Eckelberry [AlexE () sunbelt-software com] kirjoitti: 
> > > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091228/D9CS0P2G0.html
> > >
> > >
> > > ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the 
> > > same
> > Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked 
> on Christmas 
> > Day, but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger - just an ill 
> > traveler who spent too much time in the bathroom.
> > > Coming so soon after a Nigerian was accused of trying to blow up a
> > plane, authorities quickly responded to an emergency call from the 
> > crew on Flight 253 from Amsterdam. Some of the 256 passengers were 
> > rattled while others apparently weren't aware of the incident.
> > > Tim Jeronimus, 13, said he was "a bit nervous" when officers 
> > > entered,
> > and his 11-year-old sister, Emma, said she was scared.
> > > Their mother, Jane Jeronimus, said the captain told 
> passengers that 
> > > no
> > arrival gates were available.
> > > "I said to my husband, 'That's not true,'" she later 
> recalled inside
> > the terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Airport police and 
> > border officers then entered the cabin to remove the man 
> from the plane.
> > > Passengers were safely evacuated, and luggage was lined up on the
> > ground for inspection by bomb-sniffing dogs.
> > > The passenger, also a Nigerian, was a businessman who was sick and
> > posed no security threat, said two law enforcement 
> officials who spoke 
> > on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized 
> to discuss 
> > the incident.
> > > The traveler in question had "spent a lengthy time in the 
> restroom,"
> > FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said.
> > > "This raised concerns so an alert was raised. ... The 
> investigation
> > shows that this was a non-serious incident and all is clear at this 
> > point," she said.
> > > The passenger was released after questioning, Berchtold said.
> > >
> > > The man used the bathroom several times during the trip 
> and refused 
> > > to
> > come out as the plane was preparing to land, said Lester Robinson, 
> > head of the Wayne County Airport Authority.
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