Stardate 20031225.1924

(On Screen): OK, let me get this straight. Seven men on an American terrorist watch list were all found to have purchased tickets on the same Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles. Our people alerted the French, who cancelled the flight, took them all into custody, and after briefly questioning them released them all. French action was big and showy and will have the effect of convincing those men and their friends to make their next attempt against us from somewhere else.

France is safe. We are not.

French Prime Minister Raffarin described this as being part of the framework of Franco-American cooperation in the fight against terrorism. It's certainly consistent with all the rest of France's "cooperation" in the fight against terrorism, I'll give him that much.

Reportedly, our people are not at all happy about how the French handled this.

Update 20040102: It's now being claimed that it was mistaken identity.