G EddieA95 wrote:

I think it's implied they were not arrested. What law did they
violate?


"Hauled off in handcuffs" normally implies an arrest.

And in post-terrorist America, there will easily be *some* law that can be
stretched to fit.


If media goes undercover to a used car dealer to show how buyers can
get screwed, you'd probably agree with that. If they go undercover to
an FBO under circumstances which were obviously suspicious, what's the
difference?


Because they were in effect a false alarm in a time of public danger.

Even if they can't be charged criminally, they at least should bill NBC
for the law enforcement costs incurred. And the FBO should sue them for
the mental anguish caused to their employees. It had to be just a
little nerve wracking trying to stall people that you believed to be
armed terrorists.


Matt