Reid,Richard

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Name of the so called "shoebomber", who was arrested for a bomb threat with his shoes. The official version changed very often. Sometimes he used C4, then Pentex or even bigger shoes, but still no detonator. Richard Reid was suspected of having ties with the Pakistan Secret Service ISI, which they denied. Wall Street Journalist Pearl,Daniel started to investigate on the irregularities of the story. http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/12/25/plane.investigation/index.html

Security firm warned of shoe bomb suspect "..A security firm at the Paris airport told French authorities on two different days that the shoe bomb suspect should be screened further, the president of the firm told CNN Tuesday. Lior Zucker, president and CEO of the security firm ICTS, said his security officers recommended Friday and Saturday that French authorities take a closer look at the suspect now identified as Richard C. Reid, 28. ICTS does security screening for American Airlines in France and in other European countries... NOTE: "Lior Zouker, who began his career as a sky marshal for El Al Israeli Airlines and was one of the chief architects in designing the security features at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, is now CEO of ICTS ( http://www.icts-int.com ) , one of the world's largest aviation security firms, based in Amsterdam" Source: http://www.travel-scope.com/AirTravel

In February 2003, Reid was sentenced for 14 years. Compare: