21 airports nationwide don’t detect bomb-making materials

[AGENDA21]

WASHINGTON - Imagine an explosion strong enough to blow a car's trunk apart, caused by a bomb inside a passenger plane. Government sources tell NBC News that federal investigators recently were able to carry materials needed to make a similar homemade bomb through security screening at 21 airports.

In all 21 airports tested, no machine, no swab, no screener anywhere stopped the bomb materials from getting through. Even when investigators deliberately triggered extra screening of bags, no one discovered the materials.

NBC News briefed former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, chairman of the 9/11 commission, on the results.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11863165/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

How many tens of billions have we wasted on Homeland Scrutiny and their plans, training and equipment don't work?

I'd cry, but it hurts too much.

[Mnemosyne]

2. But if you have a joint they'll find it! Keeping AmeriKa

safe from potheads! Idiots.

[Richard D]

3. Interesting . . .

... I was stopped once when my computer tested positive for explosives. After a whole lot of talking and thinking, I remembered that a few days earlier I let a friend use it to check her email. Her husband was taking Nitro for a heart problem. That was enough of a residue to trigger the test. Pretty damn sensitive.