I had a funny hunch about all this. Not sure what it means. I had this idea of... what if the same security company that provided security for the 9/11 airports also provided security in Amsterdam and/or Detroit? Um, well...
Just reporting what I found...
According to this press release, its a company called ICTS that provids security at the airport where our would-be underwear bomber was able to bypass:
ICTS International Forms partnership for Expanded Security Services At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Netherlands
http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/s...01871770&EDATE=
A majorty controlling interest is held by CEO Menachem J. Atzmon, an Israeli national.
According to their web site:
"ICTS International N.V. was founded in 1982 by a select group of security experts."
I have read those experts included former members of the military but have been unable to confirm with any reputable source.
Actually, scrap that... I hit the internet wayback machine and in 2006 the quoted line above read like this:
"ICTS International N.V. was founded in 1982 by a select group of security experts, former military commanding officers and veterans of government intelligence and security agencies."
So, what do we know about Atzmon?
In 1988 Ehud Olmert, as co-treasurer of the Likud Party, was implicated in a financial scandal involving forged receipts for donations to the 1988 Likud campaign. This scandal culminated in a March 1996 conviction of three Likud Party officials including Menachem Atzmon, the Likud Party treasurer.
Also...
Atzmon's company purchased Huntleigh Corporation in 1999
(http://www.icts-int.com/contentdac1.html?id=32), which is the ICTS subsidiary that provided security at Logan Int'l Airport, Newark Airport, and Dulles -- all three were originating locations of the 911 hijackers. His ICTS also provides security at De Galle airport in Paris, which is where Richard Reed, the shoe bomber, originated from.
And now we know his company also provided security at the Amsterdam airport where our underwear bomber originated from. Additionally, in 1999, Detroit airport abruptly canceled its security contract with Argenbright Security Inc. and replaced it with Huntleigh, Atzmon's company.
Following 9/11, victims of the attack sought to sue his subsidiary Huntleigh Corporation, but the Patriot Act granted immunity to interntional security firms that may have been found liable for negligence in court.
It also restricted any sort of distribution of security tapes that may have included the hijackers or the victims. I haven't been able to find a good source to substantiate that... but think about it... have you ever seen a security tape from any of the hijackers on tv over the past 8 years? Why not?
How is this company still allowed to operate? Where is the accountability?
