Wired is speculating that a secret Army spy plane tracked alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. According to the story, Shahzad called and reserved his plane ticket on his way to the airport.
What I don’t understand is why a plane was needed to track him. His cellphone was being tracked by the cellphone company, potentially within 50 feet of his location. Why put a plane up to suck down all electronic signals if you can already pinpoint his location easily?
And I was wondering how Shahzad got on a plane with the No Fly List supposedly protecting us from harm. Fortunately, CNN covered this part – saying that the list doesn’t get updated in real time but every 24 hours. Airlines are now being urged to refresh their databases within 2 hours.
So the Army is now tracking US citizens on US soil?
That’s what the article implies, Alan. There’s just a quote from an anonymous special operations person to back it up, and no official comment. I don’t know if I trust the story.
according to this article, there were no spy planes used
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/white-house-denies-spy-plane-reports
Not sure who or what I believe but it’s disturbing to think that it might have happened
Thanks, Scott! The plane theory sounded far-fetched to me.