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Explosives smuggled into US airport terminal
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5261456.stm
An airport terminal in Huntington, West Virginia has been evacuated after explosives tests on two containers in a woman's luggage came up positive.
The containers were seen in the woman's hand luggage and subjected to swab tests and sniffer dog examinations, both of which gave positive results.
Officials say the woman is of Pakistani origin and was travelling on a one-way ticket to Charlotte, North Carolina.
She has been detained and is now being questioned by FBI officials.
Is this a wider plot showing itself?
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And she's already been cleared to travel?????
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BBC is a bit slow. False alarm, the liquids have tested negative for explosives:
CNN.com - Tests negative after airport terminal evacuated - Aug 17, 2006
Chemical tests later Thursday turned up no explosives in the bottles, said Capt. Jack Chambers, head of the State Police Special Operations unit. The airport was reopened after nearly 10 hours.
"It looks like there were four items containing liquids," said TSA spokeswoman Amy von Walter. A machine that security checkpoint screeners use to test for explosives registered positive results for two containers, and a canine team also got a positive hit, she said.
The TSA screening looks for a range of explosives residue, some of which can be found on common household items, said TSA spokesman Darrin Kayser.
Airport manager Larry Salyers said he was told the woman was a 28-year-old of Pakistani descent who had moved to Huntington from Jackson, Michigan. He did not know how long she had lived in Huntington.
No charges were filed against the woman, who was taken from the airport by federal authorities at 5 p.m., Salyers said.
The woman was very cooperative, officials said.
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without knowing all the facts? yes. [edit: i mean no]
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Still, it shows that the current screening methods (machines plus canines) don't always produce correct results. Which is probably why we have a ban on carry-on liquids.
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I had one peg me for explosives residue on my shoes.
I had worn them to a pistol match the night before.
I had a LOT of explaining to do.
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The current screening methods are designed to accept false positives but not false negatives. This is in line with the idea that a screening is a first step in determining whether or not an individual is doing something illegal.
Sky Captain, what airport did you experience this at? Smokeless powder residue is pretty low-grade in terms of nitrates, but they're still there.
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Regan in DC.
They were testing the shoe testers there.
And it got me.
They just referred to the powder as "explosive residue".
What's even worse, I had my airline industry ID with me even though I was on vacation.
I got interrorgated for about 45 minutes. In my underwear.
They also dabbed a round swab on my shoes to get a better analysis.
I explained I was on a pistol team and wore the shoes the night before.
They finally let me go.
And they were dressed like the Men in Black. They were HLS.
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All men are created equal, but what they do after that point puts them on a sliding scale.
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In 1997 I transported a military prisoner from San Antonio to Quantico through Regan. We were required to take shackles with us, since the Army had shown an aversion to accepting any prisoners with just handcuffs (ya got me on that!), and since we were traveling on a one-night mission, we went with carry on luggage only.
The x-ray screener in San Antonio noticed the shackles and said "handcuffs? Hmmmm." but they didn't do anything about it. We got there, drove up to Quantico, eventually transferred custody and went back to D.C. to sleep until flight time. When we went through security at Regan, they saw the shackles and immediately called a supervisor. We saw this and immediately started whipping out our IDs and orders... It all came out fine, but it illustrated that they were pretty strict at Regan-and remember that this was over four years before 9/11.
What gets me is that I'd think they should be more strict at other airports where you depart FOR D.C....
Anyway, I'll remember your experience, Sky Captain, and NEVER wear the same shoes I wear on the range to fly in!
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