PETN and other explosives are very difficult to pickup using a wand. I suspect that they'd be quite difficult to detect with x-rays as well. The only reliable detector I know of is a trained explosives sniffing dog.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:17 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Define non-invasive? > > > They can pass a wand over me...that's about it. > > >> I am all for full body X-rays. They work. > > We used >> them in Iraq on several bases and I can tell you from personal >> experience that they work. > > > I'm sure they do work. Stripping everyone naked and scoping their > intenstinal tract with a camera would "work" too.... > > >> Some may consider this invasive though as it >> pretty much shows everything. > > > Count me among them. > > >> As long as it is not abused (separate >> lines for men and women, men looking at men, women looking at women and >> so forth) then I really do not see anything invasive about it. >> > > Matter of opinion of course...i just don't see it as a valuable trade off. > Unnecessarily inconveniencing BILLIONS of innocent travelers beyond a > reasonable doubt....to offset an extremely small threat, a threat that can > be mostly neutralized through previous intelligence (compiling accurate and > up to date "dangerous flier" lists, etc). > > I know i'm in the minority here, but I want some of my conveniences > back..and I'm perfectly willing to trade the illusion of security against > what is already a remote threat to begin with. > > -- > We're baptized in these waters > And in each others blood > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
