Originally Posted by
Allan38103
A bomb, or explosive material?
It probably doesn't matter to the aiuthorities, but there is a big difference.
Two major questions, however.
1. If they caught the material before he made it through security, why was it necessary to close the terminal and do a search?
2. Did he transport the material on his original flight fr0m North Carolina?
1. When explosives are found, it seems only prudent to me to search the terminal to be sure he had no confederates with other explosives. This is still a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, wherein the bad guys acted in concert on 4 separate flights to attack multiple targets, but even so, it's not a bad thing to evacuate the terminal till it's determined that there was only one explosives package present.
2. That's a scary thought; it would mean that TSA in his origin airport completely failed to detect the explosives. On the other hand, he could have originally traveled by other means, such as bus, car, train, or MAC.