Did Obama Help The Underwear Bomber? An Eyewitness Account Of The Attempted Attack.

Every victim of a crime in Michigan is entitled to make a statement in open court regarding the impact of the crime on their life. The statement is limited to the victim’s physical, emotional and financial well being as it relates to the crime. Keep that in my as you read my statement. Below is a copy of the victim impact statement I gave today at the Underwear Bomber sentencing hearing. When reading my statement, keep in mind that I am a practicing attorney in the State of Michigan. In addition, I regularly practice in the Court the hearings are taking place at and therefore, I am somewhat limited as to what I can say. We were limited to 5 minutes each.

I wish to thank the Court for allowing me these 5 minutes to make my statement. My references to the government in this statement refer to the Federal Government excluding this Court and the prosecution. On Christmas Day 2009, my wife and I were returning from an African safari and had a connecting flight through Amsterdam. As we waited for our flight, we sat on the floor next to the boarding gate. What I witnessed while sitting there and subsequent events have changed my life forever. While I sat there, I witnessed Umar dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt, being escorted around security by a man in a tan suit who spoke perfect American English and who aided Umar in boarding without a passport. The airline gate worker initially refused Umar boarding until the man in the tan suit intervened. The event meant nothing to me at the time. Little did I know that Umar would try to kill me a few hours later as our flight approached Detroit. The final 10 minutes of our flight after the attack were the worst minutes of my life. During those 10 minutes I sat paralyzed in fear. Unfortunately, what happened next has had an even greater impact on my life and has saddened me further.

When we landed, I was shocked that our plane taxied up to the gate. I was further shocked that we were forced to sit on the plane for 20 minutes with powder from the so called bomb all over the cabin. The officers that boarded the plane did nothing to ensure our safety and did not check for accomplices or other explosive devices. Several passengers trampled through parts of the bomb as they exited the plane. We were then taken into the terminal with our unchecked carry on bags. Again, there was no concern for our safety even though Umar told the officers that there was another bomb on board as he exited the plane. I wondered why nobody was concerned about our safety, accomplices or other bombs and the lack of concern worried me greatly. I immediately told the FBI my story in order to help catch the accomplice I had seen in Amsterdam. It soon became obvious that the FBI wasn’t interested in what I had to say, which upset me further. For one month the government refused to admit the existence of the man in the tan suit before changing course and admitting his existence in an ABC News article on January 22, 2010. That was the last time the government talked about this man. The video that would prove the truth of my account has never been released. I continue to be emotional upset that the video has not been released. The Dutch police, meanwhile, in this article (show article), also confirmed that Umar did not show his passport in Amsterdam which also meant that he didn’t go through security as both are in the same line in Amsterdam. It upsets me that the government refuses to admit this fact.

Comments

BERNEEMC says:

February 21, 2012 at 3:26 pm

Nothing would surprise me with this dirty administration

Bertsy K. Larsen says:

February 21, 2012 at 5:26 pm

OK. Why not boycott africa, and all african nations or anything that is african? Boycott them all, including those who are always squawking about being “african american”. Either you are AMERICAN or you are AFRICAN! Your ancestors may well HAVE come from africa, but you were born here, thus you are an AMERICAN! This is going to get some “racist” remarks, and frankly I do not give one tiny rip if it does, for this african american crap is just that, CRAP! It is disgusting, these people who always want to behave as if the whites of this country are the problem, so they use this african thing to make themselves appear……..what? As far as I am concerned, if you want to be an african, leave here, and go live with your ‘brothas”! Be an AFRICAN FOR REAL! The behavior of the shoe bomber only made them all look bad, as did the behavior of the FBI and homeland security and anyone else involved in this screw up. Yes, when it comes to this kind of attitude, this political correctness, this is only an example of how being PC does not work. This bomber should have been tried, and executed. He is a terrorist, nothing more, a foul dirty evil minded terrorist, who meant to murder all on that plane.

Seeks_the_truth says:

February 21, 2012 at 8:42 pm

This attorney is nothing but a conspiracy theorist. No way would our government do any of this to us. I have some ocean front property in Arizona for sale if anyone is interested…..

This is EXACTLY the reason I don't fly or go to a government building unless there is no other choice.

(hope you get the sarcasm in my comment)