Explosive Residue Found at Tri-State Airport

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BREAKING NEWS: Explosive Residue Found at Tri-State Airport
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Updated: 6:37 PM Aug 17, 2006
By: WSAZ NewsChannel 3
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As of 5pm, Tri-State Airport in Wayne County resumed operations. The airport had been evacuated since after 11 this morning.

The Transportation Security Administration reports that two containers of liquid in a passenger's carry-on bag tested postive for explosive residue around 9:15 this morning. A second test was confirmed at 11:25. TSA is waiting for further testing to determine the exact substance.

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NBC News reports that federal screeners found four containers of liquids inside a woman's carry-on bag during the screening process this morning. Larry Salyers, Tri-State Airport Director, tells WSAZ the woman is of Pakistani origin, lived in Jackson, Michigan and most recently lived in the Huntington area. She is being detained for questioning.

http://www.wsaz.com/breakingnews/3590966.html

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TSA is waiting for further testing to determine the exact substance.

Right, probably because the TSA and their machines can't tell the difference between explosives, fertilizer, gunpowder residue, and certain cosmetics. We'd be better protected by a troop of girl scouts.

This is being discussed here

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=591751

on FlyerTalk - a forum for road warriors and frequent flyers. The TSA is the most despised organization in the US government, as you will probably ascertain in the first few posts.

Dave

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State police said late Thursday that chemical tests on the bottles turned up no explosives, and the FBI said Friday that a second round of tests also turned up negative.

"The FBI does not consider the bottles nor the owner a threat at this time," bureau spokesman Jeff Killeen said. A third round of tests was planned, per FBI procedure.

The Tri-State Airport terminal was evacuated Thursday after two bottles of liquid found in Rima Qayyum's carry-on luggage initially tested and retested positive for explosives residue.

Imagine that! The TSA does it again....
Dave

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UK78ALUM wrote: State police said late Thursday that chemical tests on the bottles turned up no explosives, and the FBI said Friday that a second round of tests also turned up negative.

"The FBI does not consider the bottles nor the owner a threat at this time," bureau spokesman Jeff Killeen said. A third round of tests was planned, per FBI procedure.

The Tri-State Airport terminal was evacuated Thursday after two bottles of liquid found in Rima Qayyum's carry-on luggage initially tested and retested positive for explosives residue.

Imagine that! The TSA does it again....
Dave







Is it not better to be safe than sorry?

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Is it not better to be safe than sorry?

Then ban all carryon luggage. Period. About as safe as you can get.

Until then, the TSA is betting your safety on equipment that can't detect explosives and/or cannot differentiate what is has detected.

Dave