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US: Look Out for Bombs Inside Terrorists

Feds warn airlines of potential new strategy

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 6, 2011 12:24 PM CDT
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(AP) – The US government has warned domestic and international airlines that terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans, the AP has learned. There is no intelligence pointing to a specific plot, but the US shared its concerns last week with the carriers' executives. People traveling to the US from overseas may experience additional screening at airports because of the threat, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

"Measures may include interaction with passengers, in addition to the use of other screening methods such as pat-downs and the use of enhanced tools and technologies," a TSA spokesman said. Placing explosives and explosive components inside humans isn't a new idea, but a US official says intelligence suggests fresh interest in the tactic. (Click to read about the recent TSA flap involving an elderly woman wearing an adult diaper.)

A TSA officer looks on as a passenger holds up his arms while going through a full-body scan at a security check-point last year at Seatttle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.
A TSA officer looks on as a passenger holds up his arms while going through a full-body scan at a security check-point last year at Seatttle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A computer monitor displays a full-body scan during a demonstration of passenger screening technology in 2009 by the Transportation Security Administration in Arlington, Va.
A computer monitor displays a full-body scan during a demonstration of passenger screening technology in 2009 by the Transportation Security Administration in Arlington, Va.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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mehrheit
Jul 8, 2011 2:38 AM CDT
Ha! Terrrits! I know *YOUR* little plan. Yeahr sofa king we Todd Ed; we sofa king tea s a.   There ain't no doubgt I love this laynd. gawd blesh the TSA
Twiny
Jul 7, 2011 1:24 AM CDT
I'm inclined to believe that this is a load of shit. I don't believe that they could implant enough explosive to take out a plane. Besides, the terrorists have already won. Look at the money we're spending and the shit we're putting ourselves through just to 'make flying safer'. Don't forget, the TSA has NEVER found and stopped a terrorist attack. NEVER!
Observer
Jul 6, 2011 4:08 PM CDT
This proves how sick our supposed Homeland Security "Protectors" are. This is a perverted, intentional attempt to keep scaring a pissed off, tired of the ridiculous and illegal  "Police State Shit", public. It is absolutely moronic to believe that among the millions of indoctrinated, brainwashed, military trained killers and psychotics in the world, any group would have to sewn bombs into people. Fucking ridiculous CIA propaganda. This is absolute horseshit. Ask any US airline employee or ground crew member how easy it would be to take down a plane by a hardened trained suicidal kamikaze or a disgruntled lunatic employee.. Ask the baggage handlers. They know how porous our system is. The TSA are an expensive illusion of security.

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