Originally Posted by dodo

IIRC British Police thwarted a suspected plot to bring down as many as 10 planes travelling from the UK to the US based on allegations of plots involving liquid explosives which were to be detonated using an electrical device such as a mobile phone.
It's all about allegations and suspected plots and no one was ACTUALLY apprehended at the airport trying to board an airline with liquids for making a bomb. Thus your argument is misleading IMHO.