Originally Posted by
WillCAD
... Is it easy enough for, say, a first year chem student to obtain the components and lab equipment, smuggle those components and lab equipment through a checkpoint disguised as a bottle of water (assuming the liquids restrictions were abolished), and mix them into a potent high-energy explosive in a terminal toilet stall or airplane lav?
More to the point, is it possible to do this with components disguised as a 12 ounce bottle of water but completely impossible to do with components disguised as 4 3-ounce bottles? Otherwise, why are multiple little bottles "safe" but a few big bottles are "dangerous"?
Originally Posted by
WillCAD
We keep focusing on Rube Goldberg terrorist possibilities when what we really ought to be focused on is the gaping holes in aviation security represented by A) unscreened cargo, 2) unscreened and poorly vetted airport workers, and D) unbelievably poorly trained and never screened TSA employees.*
*Yes, I know I went A, 2, D. It's a movie reference.
Well said.