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The Report

So I woke up really early this morning as my mother was running all over the apartment, talking about 'emergency' stuff. That's when I first heard about the terrorist plan and the sudden uprise of emergence regarding planes in Britian and the United States. (My mother is a base manager for LAX for NWA, so I hear these things early.)

So... it appears that the government uncovered a plot for terrorists to use a liquid explosive mix using Gatorade, and then the detonator would be an electronic device using an mp3 player or what-not. This to me slightly scares me... just because having been a security officer, I know just how hard it is to find liquid explosives. Usually x-rays can detect explosives easier because the stuff (such as syntax) is compacted and appears as an undefined mass, along with the three other components of a bomb. However, liquid explosives do not have a compacted appearance and thus it makes it that much harder- especially if it is contained in everyday items. Liquid explosives are not used as much- well, they used to be not used as much- because they're hard to make. However... if terrorists figure out how to make the bombs less complicated, that just makes this whole mess more complicated for everyone else.

I just sort of find it strange how the terrorists are going for the same companies- United, Continental, American (Not including British Airways since this was international flights, unlike 9/11) I asked my mother why not "Northwest for instance" (since she works for Northwest) and she says that certain airlines have different security levels (or some thing like that). For instance, during the 9/11 attacks, one of the terrorists involved in the plot went upon a Northwest flight and was going to use the Northwest plane like the other 4 planes were used. However, before the flight took off, Northwest removed him from the flight due to 'security problems' regarding the man. (They don't go into detail). So I was wondering... I know airport security is important upon a government scale, but perhaps should the airlines be given guidelines for their own processing too? Is there something that certain airlines are doing that others don't, which make it a reason why terrorists avoid those airlines?
Hrrmm... thoughts and stuffs..


... I am NOT looking forward to going to work tomorrow... >.<;