Yes there is a new age quackery involving magnets. It's that the fellow has that bothersome Muslim name, and he's making a 6,000-mile trip in a day.
Going to see his guru in L.A., or going to see his contact in a West-coast sleeper cell for materiel and instruction, or, doing a test-run to see how small the magnet has to be to not show up.
Lol, when they can hide a nuclear bomb 'up the bum' without being detected will be the day we can all start singing "Bye Bye Ms American Pie"!!