Jacobson has posted a followup to her story in which she begins to sound like Bill O'Reilly. You can forget about this story. I can't think of her as credible at all after reading the paragraphs I quote here.

] The fact that I quoted Ann Coulter seems to have many people up in arms.  I want
] to be clear -- there is no political agenda here.  I quoted Ann Coulter
] for the information she had, not for who she is.  Read the quote again
] and pretend Joe or Jane Doe wrote it.  She states the facts. The facts she states
] are that 10 days after 9/11, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta sternly
] reminded airlines that it was illegal to discriminate against passengers based on
] their race, color, national or ethnic origin or religion.
]
] Perhaps the title of Michael Smerconish's new book sums it up: "Flying Blind. How
] Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety Post 9/11."

Part II: Terror in the Skies, Again? - Yeah, it was bullshit