OOOH this thread is a great place to share some of my favourite furrin' links.

Can one make a bomb using items available in the duty free and/or airside shops?

http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks//sendung...4ECAAC6B3303DD (Sorry, INK, no captions but there is none needed - basically the translation is BOOM)

http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/sendungs...003_terror.jsp

Can one bring items through the superduper scanners which can then be turned into a bomb? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrKvweNugnQ (I lost the link with English subtitles but my summary is here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...l#post19455121)

(Sorry, INK, no subtitles Austrian-English, but here is the short clip - basically the translation is BOOM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usffefz2wIs

So, essentially, the scanners and the liquid ban won't necessarily prevent someone creating a bomb. Remind me again, OP, why the US is using scanners as primary in so many airports?

(Both of these programs were designed to show the absurdity of relying on the scanners, and on the liquid ban)