Al-Qaeda rides a bike at Logan Airport

File this one under “Cost of Paranoia”:  Logan Airport shut down a runway for 20 minutes on Friday, delaying five flights, because a pilot saw a guy riding a bicycle along the perimeter road.  It turned out to be an FAA employee.  Full story:  Boston Herald.

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  1. J. Peterson

    October 13, 2008 @ 4:05 pm

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    The folks at Logan are hopelessly paranoid. Of course there’s the case of tossing an MIT student in jail because she wore blinking lights on her shirt.

    When getting a plane at Logan couple years ago, I had the bright idea of photographing my luggage before handing to the baggage folks, just to keep track of everything. The skycaps freaked out – clearly I was a TERRORIST who was SCOPING OUT the AIRPORT in order to BLOW IT UP. Had I not been there with my family, I’m sure I would have lost camera, and probably been detained as well.

    Yes, two of the 9/11 hijacking squads took off from Logan. So did their collective common sense.

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