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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 10:35 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Moriarty:
This brings to mind the Sony camcorder which could see thro' clothing once the nightshot (infrared) mode was engaged.

Was this a fact or just another myth?
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It is fact. You could see the fuzzy outlines of the body if the cloth was of certain types of fabric.

As for the C4 bringing down the plane, it probably wouldn't unless it managed to ignite the fuel tanks. When pundits talk about how a small bomb brought down a plane, it was because the bomb was strategiclaly placed to ignite a fuel tank.

I've noticed that pundits are largely leaving that one of their TV discussions, which could either be deliberate sensationalism or a decision not to distribute additional potentially useful terrorist info.
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