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These
units are only semi-submersibles meant to run at the surface awash and for a
one way trip…cheaply built and can’t dive. R/Jay Jay K.
Jeffries Andros
Is., Bahamas A
skimmer afloat is but a submarine, so poorly built it will not plunge… -----Original Message----- Fingers crossed we shall see some of these drug subs
coming up for auction at very reasonable prices at the police auctions! every cloud has a silver lining. On 8/24/07, Jon Wallace <jon@psubs.org> wrote: > > > Hello, > > Given the growing popularity of using submersibles
for illegal and/or > suspicious activities, the federal government is
interested in knowing more > about psub type submersibles. One thing I've
not seen anyone talk about > regarding the convention yet, is that we were
approached by a special agent > of the FBI on Friday at the dive site. I had
accounted for all participants > except for Frank D, and not having met him before I
didn't know what he > looked like. Shortly after we arrived at the
dive location, I saw a > gentleman walking down the path. I approached
him and said "Frank?" > anticipating that Frank D. had arrived. He
said "no", then looked at me and > said "Jon?". I said "yes",
and he then pulled out his FBI identification > (Special Agent David Smith), explained why he was
there, and asked to learn > more about the submersibles we use. > > Agent Smith made it clear from the outset that we
were not doing anything > illegal and he was not there to stop us from using
our submersibles or > continuing with our convention. I brought him
around to the various subs we > had on site, explained how they functioned, and also
explained the > difference between 1-ATM, ambient, and
wet-subs. I then invited him to > speak to us the next day at the seminar we were
holding, which he agreed to > do. Agent Smith spoke to the assembled group
on Saturday and explained that > after the sub/QE2 incident in New York recently, the
FBI was researching > small subs. He explained that in the post-9/11
environment, the FBI would > like us to remain vigilant and report any suspicious
requests, discussions, > or activity that might seem out of the realm of what
a recreational/personal > submersible might be used for. > > Given another drug sub capture, we can expect
continuing attention to our > hobby. > > Jon > ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the
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