The CBBT has been touted for many years as a tourist attraction, so a laminated picture may not be that unusual. What the heck did the Arabic writing say, though? If it said, "Dear Fatima, you're right, this is a magnificent achievement and truly one of the seven modern wonders..." it's a lot different from "Place the device here." That said, I would love to be the guy who votes a terrist off the second island into the path of an oncoming DDG.
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Two weeks ago I was in Virginia, and the challenge they faced on September 11th was concern over protecting the Chesapeake Bay tunnel, lest the tunnel be blown and the NAVY fleet trapped inside Norfolk, Virginia, unable to emerge....
Link to 10/01 Security Summit Info.
On the Road to Transportation Security (Feburary 2003) Link to 2003 Transportation Security Info.
8/24/2004: Suspected Hamas Operative Videotaped Chesapeake Bridge
Ismael Selim Elbarasse, a suspected high-ranking Hamas operative, was arrested on Friday videotaping the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
A man described in a federal indictment as a “high-ranking” Hamas operative was arrested in Maryland on Friday videotaping the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, authorities acknowledged last night.
Ismael Selim Elbarasse of Annandale, Va., long suspected by authorities of having financial ties to the Palestinian terrorist group, was taken into custody as a “material witness” in a Chicago terrorism case, according to Maryland’s U.S. attorney’s office. ...
~giggle~ Good question.