Well, the Transportation Security Administration has failed again. While the TSA was busy molesting elementary school kids, harassing wounded war veterans, and worrying about elderly cancer patients with wet diapers, they neglected to stop a Nigerian man from flying across the United States with an invalid boarding pass on June 24, 2011.
Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi boarded Virgin America Flight 415 at New York's JFK airport and flew to LAX in Los Angeles. After the flight was airborne, a flight attendant noticed the Nigerian man was sitting in a seat that should have been vacant. Noibi was allowed to get off of the plane in Los Angeles and leave.
Going untouched for days, Noibi returned to LAX. He said he spent the night in LAX Gate 51B and attempted to board a flight to Atlanta on Delta Airlines the next day. In this incident, Noibi was searched and found to have ten more boarding passes. All of the boarding passes belonged to other people.
This is a perfect example of how extraordinarily incompetent the TSA is. They never noticed Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi. An flight attendant had to do the TSA's job for them.
Maybe Noibi was just trying to fly for free, but he is from Nigeria, a country that is a massive hotbed of terrorism. The TSA is defending itself by stating Noibi was screened, but that is a silly defense. The 9/ll hijackers made test runs before the actual attack. Al-Qaeda is known for probing defenses just to see what they can do without getting caught. You cannot have people from hostile countries flying across the country without proper documents.
What if Noibi was not just flying for free? What if he was up to something more dangerous? The TSA should be looking at people from dangerous countries flying with fake credentials instead of harassing innocent US citizens all day.
