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To: FredJake

I was an engineer on nuclear submarines in the 1970’s way back in the time machine, we have “sniffers” - equipment we could walk through the boat and pin-point a gas leak or amount of almost any kind of chemical.

I know that technology exists today - explosives, are all made of known chemicals so why is there even a need for any visual inspection/photo’s etc when these sniffers can just sniff a passenger to detect an explosive?


5 posted on 11/18/2010 6:46:49 AM PST by edcoil (Today, we start fixing stupid.)
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To: edcoil

Whatever happened to the ‘sniffer machines’ in airports? Are they now obsolete???? When I went through Philly airport, they had one.


11 posted on 11/18/2010 6:59:44 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Not under the influence of Hope-nosis.)
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To: edcoil
I know that technology exists today - explosives, are all made of known chemicals so why is there even a need for any visual inspection/photo’s etc when these sniffers can just sniff a passenger to detect an explosive?


Yep, it's name is Rex and his nose is proven to be far more effective at detecting explosives than the expensive, intrusive and unconstitutional scanners. We need more bomb sniffing dogs and less boob grabbing clods.
27 posted on 11/18/2010 7:41:32 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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