Research Shows Explosives Remain Part Of Human Hair

[Trei, Peter]

> Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv at cdc.gov]
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> 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