1997-11-20 - Re: Flight 007 and our Civil Liberties

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From: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-11-20 08:17:05 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:17:05 +0800

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From: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:17:05 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Flight 007 and our Civil Liberties
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>>So, these were the two big events which stimulated the FAA, under higher
>>orders, to require mandatory ID of all travelling passengers. And more
>>multimillion dollar sniffers to be installed in airports.

What funny about the sniffers is that they can undoubtedly be fooled by almost any compounds (e.g., ammonium nitrate) having the hydrogen-nitrogen bond signature common to most all explosives.  Tricksters will undoubtedly have fun dusting the lobbies of airports with such chemicals an watching the resulting fun and confusion.

--Steve







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