An interesting news bit following the announcement by the Transportation Security Administration that it will begin allowing passengers to carry on lighters. An unclassified (but not meant for public distribution) TSA bulletin was obtained by the press yesterday which said that terrorists may be conducting "dry runs" at several airports in the US.Among the incidents mentioned in the TSA bulletin:
Milwaukee, June 4. A U.S. person’s carry on baggage contained wire coil wrapped around a possible initiator, an electrical switch, batteries, three tubes and two blocks of cheese. The bulletin said block cheese has a consistency similar to some explosives.
Baltimore, Sept. 16, 2006. A couple’s checked baggage contained a plastic bag with a block of processed cheese taped to another plastic bag holding a cellular phone charger.
The TSA released another statement today that states this information is simply routine and that "There is no intelligence that indicates a specific or credible threat to the homeland."
But personally, I think we can expect a ban on all dairy products to come very soon.
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Only type of explosive I can think of that's like cheese is C4. I doubt cheese could be used as C4... especially since it's not made with explosive material. You're probably right. I'm waiting for the day we all have to fly in orange jumpsuits and socks after a nice cavity search. I feel so safe and secure!
Cheese couldn't be used as C4-
The point is that a block of cheese would look like C4 in a scan - hence the dry run.
I wonder what happened to these folks? I mean, it is highly suspicious to be attaching a cell phone charger to a block of cheese. But is it illegal? Does anyone know if they were arrested?
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/210622/_Suspicious_Activities_at_Airports_Subject_of_TSA_Bulletin
I wrote a bit about this too!
OK... I think I get it now. So these people worked for the airlines and were just testing the security procedures. They were doing dry runs to make sure they were caught by current practices. That's a good idea.
ok ok wait... so... lol... not airline workers... Just someone is testing the waters. OK I see now. Maybe it's not terrorists, but government employees?
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