Re: Research Shows Explosives Remain Part Of Human Hair
At 09:14 PM 4/7/04 -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
At 07:03 PM 4/7/2004, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Depilatory becomes a new standard accessory for the well-...um...-dressed terrorist...
Nah, just a plastic shower cap during explosive handling.
Yep. Everyone who's serious -from Dr. Kazcynzski to the ALF/Earth! folks- knows about keeping your DNA, prints, fibers, toolmarks off the product. You even wipe the stuff from the hardware store so that the *clerk's* prints are off, since that would tip location. And McVeigh used ammonium nitrate which wasn't tested, and as a highly soluable (in fact deliquescent) inorganic it probably won't persist like a nitrated organic. Also common as dirt in agville. Nothing like dropping a little Miracle Gro in the men's room at the airport to keep the mass spec goon awake :-) Note that if hair is collected they've got your DNA too.
At 10:08 AM 4/8/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
And McVeigh used ammonium nitrate which wasn't tested, and as a highly soluable (in fact deliquescent) inorganic it probably won't persist like a nitrated organic. Also common as dirt in agville.
He also added nitromethane to the mix, obtained through the common auto racing channels.
Nothing like dropping a little Miracle Gro in the men's room at the airport to keep the mass spec goon awake :-)
Note that if hair is collected they've got your DNA too.
Wonder if screeners will insist on taking a sample of hair from other body areas if you are bald? steve
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