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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| That "old" disguise does not look 55. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Leslie Cheswyck wrote: |
| That "old" disguise does not look 55. |
lol, right? more like 95 |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:04 am Post subject: Re: Unbelievable Disguise |
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...this must be a joke.
...that or every official involved with this is.
Really...how did this...person...get aboard an international flight without a passport?
I read that on yahoo news too...I thought it was a joke.
I'm calling BS on this one.  |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| It was on the local news in California last night so it must have some validity, no? |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Frenetic wrote: |
| It was on the local news in California last night so it must have some validity, no? |
yeah..that is just the thing...either way...it is a joke.
Either this is an outright joke....or every official who let him on the plane without a passport is. |
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comm
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Unbelievable Disguise |
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| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
Really...how did this...person...get aboard an international flight without a passport?
I read that on yahoo news too...I thought it was a joke.
I'm calling BS on this one. |
I don't recall what news organization I read it on (probably CNN) but it said that he had a valid passport of someone who looked similar to the disguise. The age of the person who's passport he had was 55, which is why that number was used in the reports.
I'm not sure there's anything they can do to stop someone from wearing a world-class disguise like this and using another person's passport to board a plane.
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Found it:
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"It is believed that the subject and the actual United States Citizen passenger (whose date of birth is 1955) performed a boarding pass swap, with the subject using an Aeroplan card as identification to board the flight," the alert said.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/04/canada.disguised.passenger/index.html |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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He's from China, is involved in a 'group' that could be government related, and is fearful of his life and the lives of his family...so he wants asylum.
It's real. |
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MattAwesome
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| this could open a can of worms. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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This story sounds like a joke, but it's all over the CBC. The twist in the story now is the defense council for the masked man wants to bar the Canadian Chinese language press from covering the story, just in case these sources are really working for the Canadian government.
It sounds pretty serious, but when I see pictures of the mask, it's so hilarious... |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| If he was more patient and didn't change his own clothes back in the airplane, he could have already been in canada now and it wouldnt have made any big news. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| Panda wrote: |
| If he was more patient and didn't change his own clothes back in the airplane, he could have already been in canada now and it wouldnt have made any big news. |
Yeah, why did he do that? That's just goofy.
Eyes on the prize! Don't take off the silicone mask until you're at home! |
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silkhighway
Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| Kaypea wrote: |
| Panda wrote: |
| If he was more patient and didn't change his own clothes back in the airplane, he could have already been in canada now and it wouldnt have made any big news. |
Yeah, why did he do that? That's just goofy.
Eyes on the prize! Don't take off the silicone mask until you're at home! |
He wouldnt have made it through immigration in Vancouver. And nobody knows this guy's actual story. He may believe he has a valid refugee status claim. Just a slight correction to a poster above, the defense lawyer wants to ban Chinese media outlets from his immigration hearing in case they're working for the Chinese goverment (not Canadian).
Egg on the face for Air Canada and whoever else let him pass though, and a wrench thrown at those who support racial profiling. |
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