Originally Posted by
vassilipan
That's the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Terrorists like to strike the weakest point. Why haven't we seen ship terminals, trains, cruise liners, or even a terminal at LAX blown up by now? One idiot got caught at the border, ostensibly headed to LAX, but that was ONE idiot since 9/11.
I do not advocate a wholesale dismantling of security precautions, but shoes, liquids, R/C cars, and (most perplexing of all), disposable booties, do not constitute a viable threat.
The below were not identified at border crossings or airline security, but do indicate we just might be looking at more than the mythical 800 pound gorilla. Note in the second link, “explains in Arabic how to turn a toy boat into a bomb”.
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/new...s0hg280&src=ap
A Bosnian who tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna with a backpack filled with explosives, nails and Islamic literature was arrested Monday after the bag set off a metal detector and the man fled on foot, authorities said.
http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_ne...ry/295179.html
In a 12-minute video posted on YouTube, an Egyptian man wearing a white shirt, khaki pants and rubber gloves explains in Arabic how to turn a toy boat into a bomb.
His name is Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, and last month he was arrested in Goose Creek after authorities found four PVC pipes containing a mixture of potassium nitrate, kitty litter and sugar in his car’s trunk.