According to an ABC News broadcast this evening, he had no *checked* luggage, not "no luggage". That's a very different story. I can't imagine that it's that unusual - I have traveled between the U.S. and Europe with only a carry-on, for short business trips. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@postmodern.com On Saturday, December 22, 2001, at 10:36 PM, www.joepries.com wrote: > I hear you Lee- but the fact still stands that after 9/11 if you have a > guy who is going intl and he has 0 baggage- you need to scrutinize him > el al style- if the right security guy knew he had 0 baggage and they > really looked at his b.s. fake passport, they may have gotten more > clues or dug deeper- but no- someone dropped the ball- either with the > fake passport not having been caught and the fact that he has 0 > luggage- that alone is huge.