Annie Was Right Of Course

clipped from powerlineblog.com We followed the story and even played a role in identifying the Syrian band on the flight in numeorus posts including "Angel Band" and "Not, repeat not Kulna Sawa." Passenger Annie Jacobsen, whose "Terror in the skies -- again?" originally reported the story, expanded the story into the book Terror in the Skies: Why 9/11 Could Happen Again. Now Audrey Hudson reports: The inspector general for Homeland Security late Friday released new details of what federal air marshals say was a terrorist dry run aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles on June 29, 2004. Several portions of the report remain redacted. The release stems from a Freedom of Information request by The Washington Times in April 2006. The Times first reported on July 22 that this and other probes and dry runs were occurring on commercial flights since the September 11 terrorist attacks.