Friday, March 12, 2010

In case you thought it was safe to fly...

More hair-raising news about airborne bomb plots: reports out of the UK about a BA computer programmer being charged on several counts of fundraising for terror groups & planning suicide bombings (presumably on BA flights).

Rajib Karim allegedly shared information about his work with “the world’s favourite airline”, including security measures, & offered to exploit BA’s neverending labor problems by volunteering to substitute for striking cabin crewmembers & then detonate some sort of explosive device.

Really, I don’t know which prospect is scarier: having a terrorist as a flight attendant, or having a programmer.

(Note to BA: you might want to run a security check on all your networks & computer systems, since the criminal charges span a time period from 2006 to now. I’m just sayin’…)

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