Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv@cdc.gov]
At 11:19 AM 4/8/04 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:03:13PM -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Depilatory becomes a new standard accessory for the well-...um...-dressed terrorist...
Ammonium nitrate is an ionic solid. Diesel fuel or equivalent heavy oil
fraction don't show up as something unusual. Ditto inorganic detonators.
Amyl nitrate ("poppers" in head/sex shops) should have the opposite affect on TSA goons than normals, ie it should cause some sphincter puckering in them. Another thing to spill in the lav.
I'm not to sure on that. I've seen people who are active shooters get their range bags swabbed at airports, but never set off the detectors. You'd have thought that a bag which spent a lot of time containing ammo (smokeless powder is based on cellulose nitrate), uncleaned firearms after sessions, and which sits nearby while firing is undeway, would have all kinds of interesting traces on it. Peter