[Gorzaloon]

The informant described a detailed plan that an al Qaeda cell operating in either Virginia or Detroit had developed a way to slip past airport scanners with dirty bombs encased in shoes, suitcases, or laptops, sources told ABCNEWS.

Hold on just a minute.

My BS meter just pegged, and my monitors did not.

There is no way someone is going to lug around cesium 137, Co60, Sr90, etc. in a shoe or briefcase for more than an hour or two. No way.

Period.

There is adequate industrial experience so that the NRC and security agencies know all about what would happen, even assuming there were no radiation monitors around.

Just who is doing the BS'ing, and for what reasons, I will leave for others to speculate.

[GirlShortstop]

Just who is doing the BS'ing, and for what reasons, I will leave for others to speculate.

I watched ABC World News tonight and listened to this story.  As I heard the broadcast, I understood this moron's fabrication was not the sole reason for the ALERT LEVEL change.

Despite the fabricated report, there are no plans to change the threat level. Officials said other intelligence has been validated and that the high level of precautions is fully warranted.

[Cvengr]

I seem to remember last week sometime, when 2 mideastern fellows were deplaned after they were observed constantly inhaling and exhaling heavily during their air flight.

I wondered then, considering the shoe-bomber's degree of sophistication, if perhaps they hadn't breathed in a bag of anthrax spores into their lungs in the bathroom, and then walked back to their seats, attempting to breathe the spores back out into the recirculated cabin air. It seems like there's a whole lot of efforts at about that level of sophistication as opposed to guys with their doctrates tackling us.

[steve-b]

There is no way someone is going to lug around cesium 137, Co60, Sr90, etc. in a shoe or briefcase for more than an hour or two. No way.

GMTA. Yes, these goobers are willing to kill themselves, but they still have to remain on their feet and functional long enough to complete their mission. You can't do that while suffering from advanced radiation poisoning.