District Court, D. Massachusetts June 11, 2002, CR.A. 02-10013-WGY (United States v. Reid)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

Is an airplane a “mass transportation vehicle” as that phrase is used in section 801 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Pub.L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272, 374-76 (codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1993) (“section 1993”), a comprehensive anti-terrorism law enacted in the wake of September 11. That is the question raised by Richard C.