White guy maybe?

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- A small explosive device was found in a passenger's carryon bag as the man passed through a checkpoint, and federal agents arrested him, the FBI said Thursday.

Officials have found no apparent connection between Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr. and any terrorist group or activity, said Agent Gary Johnson, an FBI spokesman.

Dreyling, 24, was going through the security checkpoint at Will Rogers World Airport on Wednesday when a Transportation Security Administration employee noticed something suspicious in his bag on the X-ray machine, Johnson said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Troester described the device as a carbon-dioxide cartridge with a black-powder detonator.

But Dreyling's landlord, former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys, said he had created a "glorified firecracker" and forgot it was in his luggage.

"I know Charlie Dreyling quite well," Humphreys said. "I appreciate what the authorities are doing making our airlines safe. I have every confidence that they'll find out Charlie Dreyling is a fine young man and no terrorist."

Dreyling had planned to take a Delta flight that travels to Philadelphia through Atlanta, airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said.

He was at the Oklahoma County jail on a federal hold and was to appear before a federal magistrate Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Attorney's office said. He could face charges related to possessing an explosive device at an airport, Johnson said.

The arrest did not disrupt any flights, Carney said."

Okay, so my problem with this is in the presentation. First off, FBI spokesman says "Officials have found no apparent connection between Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr. and any terrorist group or activity" Umm, isn't carrying an explosive device on a plane considered terrorist activity? And then the excuse by a former mayor: "he had created a "glorified firecracker" and forgot it was in his luggage." Yes, because it's so easy to forget that you have a BOMB IN YOUR CARRY-ON LUGGAGE! But the Mayor vouches for him saying:"I know Charlie Dreyling quite well," Humphreys said. "I appreciate what the authorities are doing making our airlines safe. I have every confidence that they'll find out Charlie Dreyling is a fine young man and no terrorist." Yes the authorities may find out that this man was not a terrorist. They may find out that he didn't intend to set off this explosive on the plane, but aren't we giving him a bit too much of the benefit of doubt here? I mean the man walks into an international airport with a bomb and there isn't a single possibility in print here that anyone suspects him of anything but having a poor memory. If he was arabic he'd be Guantanamo right now, but he's got a mayor on his side, so he's just "misunderstood". What a crock of shit.