The Obama administration has quietly rewarded the Middle Eastern country that produced most of the 9/11 hijackers with a special travel privilege that allows its nationals to bypass normal passport security controls at major U.S. airports.

Only a handful of U.S. allies—including Canada, Mexico, South Korea and the Netherlands—currently enjoy the perk while other American partners like Germany and France are still excluded. Incredibly, the Obama administration has cut a deal with Saudi Arabia, which produced 15 of the 19 hijackers in the 2001 terrorist attacks, to enjoy the privilege under a program called Global Entry.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/03/u-s-lets-saudis-bypass-regular-airport-security/

I’ve been on this bandwagon, and I have been off of it, and I would rather be off it.

Nonetheless, as predicted just a little earlier, Islamic exceptionalism is in for exceptional scrutiny no matter how the story of the Boston Marathon Bombing plays out.

The Facebook buddy who posted the March 2013 item from Judicial Watch also has on his page inside-the-line documentary photos of the bombing, and they are horrific.

I won’t re-post.

CNN reported about 30 minutes ago that the explosives used involved black powder, ball bearings, and other shrapnel moving out of the blast at about 7,000 feet per second.

With that in mind, watch the now famous first footage again.

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“Expedited clearance” was on my mind by 11 a.m. on 9/11, so I’m not surprised by the appearance of the method and technology, but now in light of this latest attack, it doesn’t look good, does it?  One face, two signals — one cooperating, the other treacherous — is how that’s going to be interpreted for years to come.