Chuckle.  I knew there was a reason I liked Karl Denninger:

In this case said nutjob recently visited a place known to be a terrorist hotbed, we knew he was there, and even more damning, the NSA knew he was on the plane before it entered American airspace – yet that flight was permitted to proceed all the way to Detroit where he tried to set off his device (and it failed to detonate, most likely because he was tackled by another passenger, thank the Christian God!)

Even better, this jackass’ name is “Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab”.  Is that your first clue that there’s a materially higher risk that he’s a terrorist than, say, “Sam Smith”?

So what was the official response?

Air Canada said in a statement that new rules imposed by the Transportation Security Administration limit on-board activities by passengers and crew in U.S. airspace. The airline said that during the final hour of flight passengers must remain seated. They won’t be allowed access to carryon baggage or to have any items on their laps.

Yep, Them have done it again and squeezed yet another privation on the average punter. Having said that, if this Muslim was a Them plant, then he did a very good impersonation of an Islamic nutter. Had me fooled.

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