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Old Sep 24, 2003 | 7:47 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The county bomb squad x-rayed the package and found the contents to be nothing more than photo albums and cell phone chargers.

Airport officials say the system worked well.
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Police say the owner of the bag cooperated fully and was eventually allowed to catch his flight.</font>
If the system worked well then why didn't they just ask the owner what was up before evacuating the place? What a lousy system. Do you feel "safer" yet?
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