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6 Deemed National Security Threat Retain Aviation Licenses


Posted: 26 Jun 2009 08:09 PM PDT


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At least six men suspected or convicted of crimes that threaten
national security retained their federal aviation licenses, despite
antiterrorism laws written after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that
required license revocation. Among them was a Libyan sentenced to 27 years
in prison by a Scottish court for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103 over
Lockerbie.


In response to questions from The New York Times, the
Transportation Security Administration, which is supposed to root out such
individuals, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration suspended
the licenses on Thursday.


The two agencies appeared to be unaware that the men were among
the nearly one million people licensed as pilots, mechanics and flight
dispatchers. They were identified by a tiny family-owned company in
Mineola, N.Y., demonstrating software it developed to scrub lists of bank
customers for terrorism links.


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Twin Brothers Indicted in Mail Bombing of Arizona Diversity Office


Posted: 26 Jun 2009 05:56 PM PDT


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Twin brothers have been indicted in a 2004 mail bombing that
injured the diversity director of the Arizona city of Scottsville.


Dennis and Daniel Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage
buildings and property by means of explosive, according to an indictment
unsealed Thursday and filed June 16 in federal court.


The indictment says the brothers, who live in Illinois,
intended to “promote racial discord” on behalf of the White Aryan
Resistance.


The package detonated in Don Logan’s hands on Feb. 26, 2004, in
the city’s Human Resources Complex. Logan oversaw diversity issues for
city employees and citizens, including racial and sex discrimination. The
blast injured Logan’s hand and arm. A secretary also was injured, and both
spent about a week in the hospital.


Authorities arrested the brothers in their Davis Junction,
Illinois, home and say they had assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of
ammunition and white supremacist material.


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