Howdy!

In article .com,
Guy Elden Jr wrote:
Woke up this morning (5/25/05) to hear this on WPLJ in NY (in reference
to the ADIZ incursion a couple weeks ago)...

[snip details of "news" "piece"]

This morning, I heard the local news station, WTOP, interviewing
Congressman Jim Moran. Moran was speaking about the move to reopen
DCA to GA, and noted that the restrictions being discussed were still
problematic, but that this was, at least, movement in the right
direction.

Also discussed was a realistic assessment of the kinds of threats that
Cessna *could* have posed, had it been hostile, along with mention of
how the pilots of the intercepting aircraft could apparently discern
some degree of confusion in the offending aircraft, as well as not
seeing a genuine threat. Further, Moran noted just how small the risk
of having the aircraft hit something actually posed, even if it had
a couple hundred pounds of TNT aboard. In addition, it was noted, both
by Moran and by the newsman posing thoughtful and clueful questions,
that running everyone out into the open exposed them to much greater
risk than sheltering in place, given the sorts of threats that were
actually possible.

It was very refreshing to hear.

yours,
Michael


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