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Old 26th Feb 2009, 06:14
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Soon, the media and Ms. Schiavo will be describing the events of 9/11 as something caused by United and American Airlines through their negligence.
Well, actually, the media spin on the Lockerbie crash was that Pan Am's ALERT Security division allowed the bomb to get through on two flights. Headlines refered to the 'Pan Am Victims'.

'Scary Mary' Schiavo got caught trying to smuggle a fake bomb through security at CMH for the Live at Five news. She lost her professorship but copped a walk on the felony charges because she claimed to be a 'journalist':

Trouble for a Troublemaker?(air-safety advocate Mary Schiavo under investigation by FAA and FBI)

From: Newsweek | Date: March 29, 1999

The federal aviation Administration has frequently drawn fire from outspoken air-safety advocate Mary Schiavo. Now the FAA has Schiavo in its sights. The FAA has been joined by the FBI in investigating whether the former Transportation Department inspector general violated any laws or regulations when she checked luggage containing mock bomb parts at the Columbus, Ohio, airport on March 12 to test security procedures. Airport officials closed one runway for four hours after security personnel called the local bomb squad to examine a suitcase Schiavo had packed with simulated bomb parts...
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