DHS: Bombers may use 'pregnancy prosthetics'

Mortissanguine — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:21:14 GMT

OBGYN exams will now be required for all boarding passengers. In addition to removing shoes the curtained room on the side with exam table will be standard with all TSA checkpoints.
Reason has fled, let fear reign.

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Frank Wagner, Phoenix AZ. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:29:25 GMT

Hmmm are the odds of dying from a suicide bomber higher than a lighting strike in the US... Give us a break.

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Cameron Johnson — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:36:24 GMT

I think this is am important issue and America should be ready for this, if this method spreads to the U.S.A. I think it's highly unlikely, but anything can happen...

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Lorraine Levine, Arlington, TX — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:44:11 GMT

Good grief! I can't think of anything TSA can do about this that isn't either a hazard to a pregnant women's health or an invasion of privacy. Besides, do you know how many pregnant women fly in this country...and add to that obese women who look like they are pregnant? (It's embarrassing enough if someone asks you if you are pregnant when you are not!)

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Jimmy Bonds Saint Louis Mo. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:45:09 GMT

Homeland security is this the same Homeland security responsible for helping the Katrina victims? It took 3 days to get water to them.

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davesgood@msn.com — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:48:47 GMT

Keep giving them new ideas, I liked the story on how easy it is to poison the food supply that ran a couple weeks back, radical terrorists don't monitor the internet at all

David M Ryder Las Vegas (a major target) NV

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Brandon, Charleston, SC — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:50:49 GMT

thank you for continuing the scare tactics DHS! WE don't need to live our lives without fear every day.

We appreciate your daily services!

</endsarcasm>

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john doe, seatle wash. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:54:04 GMT

what a bunch of baloney. this is all designed to scare us into giving up the rest of our civil liberties. go ron paul!

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Aline Viss, Plover WI — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:56:31 GMT

So as a security measure at airports will us pregnant women be required to show our bellies?

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Sarah from Brooklyn, NY — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:57:09 GMT

This is nothing new. Ask the Israelis on how the women are used as suicide bombers. They will tell you numerous accounts of attacks and victims going back at least 7 years ago! Suicide bombers are out to get the most murdered with the least effort. Culturally, women are not as suspect as men, especially if they "are pregnant".

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Jon P. Galloway, NJ — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:00:05 GMT

Mr. Popkin, what is the purpose of you reporting this? So we start detaining pregnant women? It is getting so we have to be afraid of everyone, and there is only one way to defend against that.
Sad.

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KAOS — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:00:54 GMT

I am really surprised at the number of comments that appear on other articles, about much more unimportant topics. It's amazing that we can have so much to say about nothing, and so little to say about things of this nature.

I think the most important thing to point out is that Where there is a will there is a way. While I feel (and I stress "I FEEL", this is my opinion) that there is no way to stop the people who wish to cause harm to others..It is good to know that the people tasked with protecting us, are noticing trends and possiblities. However slowly....

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Will, Raleigh, NC — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:01:43 GMT

"...female suicide bombers may have an advantage over their male counterparts in accessing targets."

The males, in fact, seem quite willing to relieve themselves of the duty of exploding.

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no SeatteWA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:01:52 GMT

oh lord now another reason to harass women and even pregnant ones Will they have to wear some tasteless Britney Spears fashion that bares their pregnancy now to the public?
And of course men wont try to hide something in their "backpack,briefcase....,vest, belt,long socks or jacket"? Yet over and over again its proven someone intentionally gets through with a weapon or knife as an experiment to expose the TSA's ineptness
Oh Please-just do the routine screenings like usual,try not to hire ex cons to be screeners and stop coming up with these stupid reports.The fear level is already at the highest and cannot be maxed out anymore.

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richard milakovic, harrisburg, pa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:07:02 GMT

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Gee, I am not surprised that DHS is finally figuring this out.......After all the restrictions placed on flying, what you can and can not carry, it took them long enought to figure this out.....Our govt at work......Slow as usual.

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Peggy Uppiano — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:10:36 GMT

Couldn't they use something like infrared imaging to determine from a distance whether a woman's stomach was real or artificial? Just curious as to whether some screening method like that might work.

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Bryan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:17:02 GMT

Spare me. I'm sick of living in fear. If it happens it happens so get over it and live life.

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heartbroken, Ithaca, NY — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:17:57 GMT

This is truly terrifying. To abuse the beauty of the woman's body to carry out evil acts of death is horrific. What's sad is that womens rights in these areas of the world are so minimal. Giving their lives to "fight" for their ideals is the only empowerment bestowed on them. I wonder if these women will be granted their 'promised virgins' in heaven as is the popular belief of the men who carry out these crimes. This is so sad. Their only chance to be equals is in their deaths dictated to them by men in the shape of the life that they could be carrying...

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FAD in North Dakota — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:22:22 GMT

So, let me guess. This is going to be used as another impetus to further infringe upon citizens' rights, in both America and Empire wide.

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Saul B. Wilen, Texas — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:25:57 GMT

DHS and the FBI regularly oppose media reports of situations that expose security vulnerabilities in the systems that they are charged to operate to secure America. Immediate considerations just to mention a few, are the holes in airport security, the lack of regulation of chemical plants and the continued absence of adequate communication systems among first responders throughout the U.S. all still not corrected although promised by the Bush administration since 911 2001.

The excuse given by the DHS and the FBI continues to be, exposure of these facts to the American public tells the terrorists about these security holes. However, the DHS and the FBI have no problem spreading such information when they want to scare Americans and push Congress to pass very bad "Domestic Spying Laws" through efforts of fear-mongering. By the way, terrorists already know about women suicide bombers, Maybe by the DHS and the FBI spreading the word about mimicing pregnancy or even explosives in false breasts DHS and the FBI are teaching the terrorists how to better attack us in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home.

The DHS and the FBI are the culprits aiding the terrorists in spreading these ideas and using the media as a fear-mongering tool. But, the real problem is evident in the fine print of the new 2009 Bush budget, which cuts the DHS funding for first responders in the United States by 50%. Obviously its the Bush White House, the Bush administration and Bush himself that DO NOT SUPPORT THE SECURITY of AMERICA AGAIST TERRORISM.

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Marty CR Iowa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:27:50 GMT

this report brings it right to our doorstep Pregnant women are allowed a grace of space here in the states. How inhuman can these people get, children and women, this is against all we here in the US deplore. I am totally in favor of profiling, would airport security x-rays pick up these false "pregnacys"?

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terrywhitecpa@charter.net — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:33:25 GMT

What is the bottom level of depravity for these people? They could be using pregnant women as suicide bombers. What is next, babies with bombs in their diapers?

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Ben Stiner LA. California — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:34:16 GMT

The world is one tough place, one needs to be thankful of all the men and women who make this a safe place. People hate the American people. If we let our guard down then we will have many more attacks just like the September 11, 2001 attacks

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Tarl B. Richlands nc — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:48:56 GMT

what a load of bs. "terrorists are using female bombers more frequently, in part because these attacks generate “more widespread media exposure”"
that's the sorriest crap i have heard from that idiot agency yet. ...media exposure... they obviously assume everyone in america is very, very stupid. they do it because they feel they have nothing else to lose, and women because they think the trick will work. it's a war you jack@(#$^, not a PR campaign!

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Concerned citizen, Denver Colorado — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:52:05 GMT

Why are you releasing law enforcement sensitive information to the masses? What ever happened to media responsibility? The information that you disclosed is not for public dissemination.

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Kenneth Dawson, Niceville, FL — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:03:00 GMT

Nice how FOUO information is delivered to the press, and how NBC happily prints it. So much for national security.

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rob d. Wauna WA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:12:24 GMT

yes, we should be afraid of pregnant women. And everything and everybody in the whole world. Be afraid. Be very afraid. That way your government can protect you. At a nice profit.

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Perplexed, Philadelphia, PA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:26:42 GMT

I don't understand why the media has to release articles like this. The article does not mention that this has actually happened before (female suicide bombers using pregnant prosthetics), so I'm going to assume that it's never happened, so why tell the mass population? Researchers or the media should just tell law enforcement and security officials because everytime the media publishes major findings like this, they are only giving terrorists more ideas and ways to harm us.

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Marcus, Twin Cities, MN — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:46:53 GMT

Isn't it amazing that these things always tend to surface during election seasons. This is typical Bush administration fearmongering and I for one have had enough. Sorry George, we're not going to be scared anymore.

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AMNESTY is TREASON — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:03:36 GMT

men dressed as pregnant women wearing head scarf to hide identity! anything said about that, or is it that the men would never think of wearing womens clothing to do be a suicide bomber??

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Mustaffah Abdelkadir — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:12:50 GMT

If a person was covered head-to-toe in a chador and niqab, how do you even know that they are a woman? Many men in the Middle East are of small stature and could easily be mistaken for a woman if no obvious male features are visible. I am quite sure that a man who is willing to blow himself to smithereens would have no problem donning women's attire to do so.

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Ethyn, MI — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:45:48 GMT

"The DHS report states that terrorists are using female bombers more frequently, in part because these attacks generate 'more widespread media exposure.' - Yup, and this article is clearly giving it to em. Nothing credible on the homeland, but let's keep the fear level up there.

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JLP LA CA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:51:13 GMT

This kind of reminder is helpful in reminding us to be observant of suspicious activity, whether is be suspected terrorist, criminal or neighborhood hoodlums. Call the cops!

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Debra Shoosmith, Bradenton, Florida — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:52:32 GMT

I think that women are more easily persauded to become suicide bombers because their families could become victims to the terrorist, and because their more likely to want to save their lives instead of their own.

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Henry A. Eckstein, Vancouver, Canada — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:03:34 GMT

Most Americans are unaware of just how far the
suicide bombers will go to spread their mayhem.
The politics of disillusionment, anger and revenge
just beg for attackers to begin new campaigns
which in some cases will be both effective and
spectacular.

I suspect we will soon see not just "fake" pregnant women carrying explosives but also
devices such as "Body Bombs" where high explosives
are surgically implanted into body cavities
and detonated near high profile targets.

We North Americans need to take a far more
proactive approach to Homeland Security and
start using the tools already available to us
(i.e. X-Ray scanners) in a more effective and targeted manner along with a more intense and visionary approach to training of security
personnel.

The old adage "An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure" definitely applies here.

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E FROM BOSTON — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:30:19 GMT

THAT'S JUST CRAZY, CLOSE THE BORDERS!!!! WE ARE FIGHTING A LOSING WAR AGAINST INDIVIDUALS WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO DESTROY THE FABRIC OF AMERICA. I AM SHOCK TO BE READING THIS STORY, NOW THE NEXT TIME I SEE A PREGNANT WOMAN ITS GOING TO FEEL AWKWARD...

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Washington, DC — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:04:23 GMT

So how did NBC get a copy of the report? If you read the handling instructions of "For Official Use Only," you'll see it states: <B> No portion of this report should be furnished to the media, either in written or verbal form. </B>

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Ron Ackman Bicknell IN — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:10:50 GMT

What has the world come to when the human race needs to be fearful of maniacs who want to kill just to reduce the population of freedom loving people? Can they possibly be reoriented somehow to see the error in this? I hope the worlds religeons can come together somehow and WORK to stop this insanity. Heres your call to arms religeons.

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Robert Lewis, Independence, MO — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:48:36 GMT

Oh Great!!! Sonograms at the airport?????

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Sonia Singh, Plainfield, NJ — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:50:35 GMT

I for one cannot tell why the media feels it is necessary to print something like this. If there was not threat to the Homeland thank you for now making it possible for the suicide bombers here to know that this is an option. I know that the public has a need to know but we dont have to know everything. I am just sick with the decision to print this article.

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ACY1, Toronto, Ont. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:04 GMT

The use of 'pregnant' women as carriers of suicide bombs was pioneered by the Tamil Tigers in their separatist war against the democratically elected government in Sri Lanka. Other techniques of mayhem and killing --- including the techniques used in the USS Cole attack were pioneered by the Tigers. Yet, all you hear about suicide bombers is when they target places and persons in the Middle East or the West; in other words 'Islamic terrorists'. It is about time the West started cracking down on groups such as the Tamil Tigers and their support networks in countries such as Canada, the US, Norway, Great Britain, South Africa, etc. Such international terrorists destabilize all societies while causing cruel and costly mahem in their own lands.

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Emily, SLC, UT — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:10:56 GMT

I really don't see what the big deal is seriously. I have six kids; I have been pregnant six times (none are adopted). I am a very modest person by nature and never wear anything even slightly revealing. I am also Native American which means white Americans think I am Mexican, Samoan, Tongan or fill-in-the-blank. Whites usually cannot tell the races apart.

I would have no problem with going behind a screen and lifting my shirt over my stomach to allow a screener to be sure I am really pregnant. I get the third degree at the airport because of my dark appearance, but unless I miss my flight I honestly don't care.

I don't live in fear, ever. But I also am not going to get my panties in a wad over something stupid. I am not going to get upset that stupid people cannot tell that I am not a terrorist. I am going to take the two seconds to help someone to do their job and maybe make that nervous white person I travel with feel a little better knowing I went through that screening.

Most of you will never even have to deal with this "problem" and yet are here whining and griping about it as usual.

Seriously people, get a grip.

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LRS, Murfreesboro TN — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:33:48 GMT

Good Grief-now i feel like everytime that i travel I will be exposed on a GYN table as well as in the x-ray machines.
If the DHS/TSA/FBI were really serious about stopping all of these fanatics, wouldn't they begin the profiling that they say that they cannot do becuase of political correctness? PLEASE! Last time that I checked we were at WAR with these people (and apparently, they got THAT memo)

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NW, Houston TX — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:54:45 GMT

Well, I am from Sri Lanka studying here in the US and terrorists were using "pregnant" women as suicide bombers for quite a while now. If you've been following the international news, of late, other terrorist groups around the world have been using this technique too. I guess the DHS came out with this story to remind people of the general threats that exist to the US. Since there is no specific threat, I don't think the average person should worry too much about this but just be vigilant in general.

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MIIK, Washington, D.C. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:35:53 GMT

Well intelligence warned Bush about upcoming Bin Laden attacks and Bush and his inept National Security advisor Rice did almost nothing to put us into a higher state of readyness. They dropped the ball on the attacks then and they have been terribly inept as an administration ever since. Why should we believe anything they say? They lie all of the time about everything. Even if we were attacked by a fake baby bomb woman - would that somehow justify all of the disasterous policies of the worst presidency in American history?

Let us be vigilant - with SOMEONE ELSE IN CHARGE.

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Darren Pope, Little Rock, AR — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:24:24 GMT

9/11 - a day to remember... as the day we sacrificed liberty for security and received neither.

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Mary Payton, Los Angeles, CA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:52:31 GMT

it's better to be cautious than to be sorry later. bombs and terrorism and anywhere any time. we americans never thought it will happen here until 911. we should take care but not blame people who report these facts.

suicide bombers are every where and i found this video of sri lanka LTTE woman suicide bombers.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u9dA5Ksw7d8

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OS_u9OMLj1U

Mr. Popkins, thank you for opening our eyes. We should stand against terrorism and protect our nation.

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LB, Akron, OH — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:57:54 GMT

As long as the US pursues foreign policies that cause people to hate us, we will be targets for terrorism. It's that simple. There is no way to be 100% safe from terrorists without a complete societal lockdown. What we need to do to protect ourselves is lower the level of hate against the US. If people don't hate us, they won't be so inclined to blow themselves up in an attempt to take us with them. How do we lower the hate? Simple--be fair and honest in our dealings with other countries. Support fair, equitable solutions to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Stop invading Muslim countries that have no links to 9/11. Get out of Iraq so that our presence does not continue to drive an insurgency (despite reports to the contrary, the "surge" is not working--the only reason violence is down is that we are now paying huge sums of money to Sunni chieftains to get them to cooperate with us. No political solution is being developed, so as soon as the payments stop, the civil war will restart.) Stop supporting corrupt, despotic governments (eg. Saudi Arabia, Egypt) and overlooking their human rights abuses just to get and keep access to their oil. Measures like these could start to show Muslim people that we don't hate them or intend to persecute them, that we're not their enemies. This would lessen the impact of the hate-filled teachings of the jihadists, so that fewer people would buy into the terrorists' message and thus fewer people would be willing to become terrorists themselves. As Abraham Lincoln said, the best way to defeat an enemy is to turn them into a friend.

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anthony — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:41:53 GMT

It may have appeared here first on MSNBC

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Concerned mom, Oregon — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:42:08 GMT

Comment was made that we do not need to give "them" any more ideas. Please these terrosists have been dreaming new ways to hurt innocent people since they started walking.
We are so far behind compared to the tactics that bombers are will to make because we let moral beliefs guild our actions, otherwise the bombing that the US could have done would have stopped all actions in the Middle East. We have to stay behind the belief that we are more evolved and will not bend down to their level.

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pete — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:51:17 GMT

So when are they going to declare M4RTI4L L4W?

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Cassie, Eastpointe, MI — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:38:12 GMT

In response to the x-ray ideas,
Pregnant women can NOT be x-rayed, due to the exposure to lead. They couldn't even use them on non-pregnant passengers. Each time someone went through the machine everyone in line would be exposed to the lead, too. That wouldn't be safe by any standards.

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David, Houston, Texas — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:53:29 GMT

For one there talking about this happening in Iraq/Middle East not here in America. Most of you are speaking as if this is going to happen here. We don't have any suicide bombers here...yet.

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Mo in Atlanta,Georgia — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:03:11 GMT

We wouldn't have to worry about suicide bombers in this country if it wasn't for the damn Zionist "Piglets". If Israel would get out of the occupied lands most of this would cease. The "Nutcases " that cause these situations are the ones we should be on the watch for. Clean the government of these Neocons and their goy "Ninnys" (Bush) and ship them back to Israel where they belong. America deserves "MUCH" better.

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Hwa Shi-Hsia — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:07:54 GMT

I'm going to guess that it's much less likely that women living in the USA are going to be much LESS likely to volunteer to be suicide bombers than those living in Pakistan, Palestine, or Sri Lanka, if only because the standard of living is better and there is less cause for an individual to feel that the only use for her life is as a political protest.

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P C, Anchorage, AK — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:19:10 GMT

"The report, marked “For Official Use Only,” is one of dozens of threat assessments issued jointly throughout the year by DHS and the FBI. The authors are quick to mention that there’s no immediate threat to the U.S."

This doesn't sound like official use to me. I didn't have to enter a password to see it. Where's the identification verification to see if I have the need to know for this? Just shows how idiotic the media is nowadays...Reminds me of Geraldo in Iraq telling Baghdad exactly where he was at.

Operational Security is a good thing here. Any military members releasing this information could be charged with treason and shot. Where's the check and balance for the media?

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John Smith, USA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:20:52 GMT

And Muslims get upset over the printing of some cartoons? Can someone please clarify which is worse? Suicide bomber... OR Cartoons... ???

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Phoinix, Chicago — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:42:43 GMT

No, it's not a lie. It's also not new. This tactic has been used by several groups for a lengthy period of history - most notably by the LTTE (Tamil Tigers). It's one of the older tricks in suicide bombing. I really hope that this information, which is covered in any Terror 101 class in most Global Security academic programs, is not new to our security officers.

The thing to remember is that a democracy can never provide you with anything close to perfect security. That is the core price of freedom: Vulnerability. Ironically, if you sacrifice your freedom for security you just get even more vulnerability.

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Patricia, San Benito, Texas — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:45:31 GMT

Just a reminder that within the past two weeks the enemy did use some women who were supposedly mentally challenged to carry out a suicide bombing. As to whether they dressed as or were actually pregnant, I don't recall from the article which was on MSNBC, Fox, CNN, etc. But it is so ridiculous and stupid on the part of our country to even say anything about any moves on our part, i.e. visits of our dignitaries to the war areas, the idea of this pregnancy suit, where we are going to check out the presence of Bin Laden, .. well, just anything that tells them anything. I forget who it was that said, "Loose lips sink ships" ... Government officials sure have loose lips!

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Yael, New York, N.Y. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:42:46 GMT

I am shocked at those people who are saying things to the effect of "why are you trying to scare us more?" GET OVER YOURSELVES. We need to be prepared. If you tell your child that the person she meets on the internet might not be nice, and that she shouldn't tell them alot about herself, are you just doing that to scare her? NO. You want her to be aware. This is similar, on a larger scale. And incidentally, MllK (post above mine), I am no huge fan of George Bush, but it seems pretty ridiculous to browse the web searching for disconnected articles to critiscize him on.

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Sidney Davis III - Chicago, IL — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:53:02 GMT

This is some interesting information, but as we all know, one determined nutcase is impossible to stop. Everyone take a deep breath and remember this. "A people who willingly trade liberty for security get--and deserve--neither" Mr. Benjamin Franklin. Anyone remember him?

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J A rOBINSON New Plymouth, New Zealand — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:53:20 GMT

Tohse o us who recall Viet Nam and the wartime atroities practiced there or reportedly practiced will remember the children who walked up to soldiers with grenades strapped to their bodies. No one searched the children or their mothers. I think it was about a hundred over the thirty year war that died in this fashion, not counting the women and children massacred by soldiers following orders from governments that didn't give a blasted damn. We're at the cross roads again with medical exams for the pregnant the obese and the rotound, shall we extend that to include children carrying toys and backpacks women with babies in arms carrying diaper bags. It's not enough that we're terrified about our food water drugs and passtimes now we're worried about out wives and mothers killing us or our sons and daughters carrying bombs to blow us up. When is it going to stop? It's right out of Asimov'e or Clarke's universes where the whole race dies because of some common dream the men had. They killed the children out of fear to protect them from the rage to come and found that they were the rage and had slain the world. Are we going to do the same?

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TLuv LA CA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:54:14 GMT

Have the 911 attacks been forgotten? I bet they thought their chance of being struck by lightening was higher too, until it happened. Be glad that we are an information society and they put this information out. It's not to strike panic, it is to make us aware.

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Cary Riley St. Louis MO — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:56:24 GMT

To Frank Wagner Have over 3000 people died of lightning strikes in the US since 9/11

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DZ, Arl,Va — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:58:46 GMT

Using pregnant prosthetics, pregnant women, and people with Downs Syndrome. The terrorists are really morally bankrupt, and constantly demonstrate, this is a political fight that blasphemes Allah and denigrates his prophet, and uses the ignorant for political gain. How many children of the terrorist leaders are suicide bombers?

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kirsten in utah — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:04:02 GMT

Thank you MSNBC and Homeland Security for giving terroists a great idea for smuggling explosives undetected.

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Bijou@msn.com — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:14:45 GMT

Our government is trying to help and give us security, it looks like most of the comment that I see is against it.
I have a plan they should have two lines and two planes , those who want the security go the checkpoint and travel safe. Those who do not believe in what the homeland security is doing travel free in a different plane, at their own risk.

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Malachite1976, Sharpsburg, GA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:17:59 GMT

This war is turning into Vietnam so quickly....they are such a disgusting low people that they are more than willing to use mentally & physically challenged people, women....and next WILL be the small children and babies. They do not value the lives of others....except their own!

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Ira Allen, Vermont — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:18:39 GMT

God forbid something like this happened in the U.S., the same people that are on here complaining that the government published a report on this would be the same exact people that would be up in arms that the government didn't publish a report on this....

If you don't like it here, I hear Canada is nice.

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:P — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:20:04 GMT

MYSPACE

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Don'tWantBabyWithSuperPowers, Seattle, WA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:20:06 GMT

I'm not sure about how one would go about determining which bellies were pregnant, which plastic, and which merely "supersized". However, pointing any kind of radiation-emitting device (x-ray, for example) at a developing baby should be legally defensible grounds for an immediate, physical, fatal response. If detection is necessary, perhaps this would be a good gig for a bomb-sniffing dog?

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Dan, Susanville, CA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:25:33 GMT

It's interesting to read the security naysayers. In one breath Bush is responsible for 9/11 due to lax security, in the next, Bush is picking on us due to increased security. Here's reality folks: There is a very large, intelligent group of highly motivated people out there who want to kill YOU because YOU are American. It will be interesting to see what YOU have to say when YOU get your way and our vigilence and security is reduced and someone YOU know is killed.

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Lorraine Taube Brockway Township Michigan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:31:47 GMT

Good grief! Bush is to blame now even when our government is trying to protect us. To be serious, I think the whole idea is stupid. But to tell the truth I'm afraid to go any place. These people are all nuts and want us dead. We can not live that way. But when you catch them, by all means treat them gently, and HORRORS, do not use the death PENALTY. After all they only want to kill a few thousand of us. Give me a break.

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jane doe, seattle, wash — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:40:25 GMT

I think this just goes to show how far the terrorists are willing to go to accomplish their plans. It would be an intrusion of our privacy if pregnant women had to have scans done to prove their pregnancy (and I'm all for fighting for our rights) but we have to make some sacrifices. Also it would be a lot easier to tell if some one is pregnant (without a scan) if they weren't wearing a long dress and head scarf because you can hide a lot of stuff under those without looking like you're pregnant. Go PAUL!

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Lorraine Taube Brockway Township Michigan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:41:18 GMT

First you complain about not enough security and then too much. Well as the old saying goes, you can't please all the people all of the time. We are at WAR. Remember?

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Edward Telts, Los Angeles, CA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:43:38 GMT

What has happened to us Americans? We all cry for a little inconvenience, like spoiled rich kids! It's about time all of you complainers grew up and faced the real world, not the way you "dream" or wish it should be, kiddies. They won't give up! just remember that.

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Michael S. Shelton, Burbank, Wash. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:44:34 GMT

Well, I for one sincerely believe almost all of us will outlive our ancestors and that Ghanghis Khan, the Catholic Inquisition, Plague,starvation and many other things were far scarier than the perils that we face today. So if you want to be afraid, be very afraid but just leave the rest of us alone.

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Robert Wrobel, Chicago, IL — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:44:39 GMT

To all the fanatics that say this should not be released or that the fear factor is being turned up; shut your mouths and open your eyes and ears to the world around you/us. I would be rather be informed and alert than ignorant and aloof. "If it happens, it happens so get over it and live life." WHAT? If it happens, you would be DEAD and wouldn't be able to "live" life(Obviously not a college graduate). The world does not consist of North America. As to the comment that DHS thinks most Americans are stupid, most Americans ARE STUPID ! Stupid people don't know they're stupid till someone tells them(or bombs them). As for the comment "Close the Borders" What do you think we've been trying to do? Oh, let in the ILLEGAL immigrants, they'll be okay. As they send money home, use our medical and educational systems to their benefit, etc. As for this being Bush's fault, I wonder if the Democrats win the election it will all be cleared up the next day and The Democratic president will be in a photo op with the President of Iran holding a bouquet of dasies shaking hands and smiling and all will be forgiven(DONT THINK SO). The Democratic party is too divided amongst themselves. Quit your whinning and take what life gives you and make the best of it. I have served in the military and bust my hump everyday for what is mine. I have nothing given to me or feel that something is owed to me. Wipe your tears, pick yourselves up by your bootstraps and make your way in life.

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Dan, America — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:48:42 GMT

Doesn't it strike anyone funny that they are capitalizing 'homeland'? Seems I remember a regime that capitalized 'fatherland' once upon a time. They also controlled their population through fear and loathing of an ethic/religious group. Seems our government does learn from the past, just the wrong lessons.

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Mary, Pullman Wash — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:55:32 GMT

Sonograms at the airport? There is evidence that ultrasound imaging can affect fetuses. Ultrasounds are for medical use only, and many women opt out of them altogether.

As a pregnant woman I would gladly show my belly to someone in the name of security. Feel it and look at it all you want. But I would not submit to a sonogram exam administered by a TSA employee. Please, I don't even trust those people with my laptop.

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Christine, Pennsylvania — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:51 GMT

Marty from Iowa- FYI: X-rays are contraindicated in pregnancy, i.e., cause harmed and DEAD babies. Those harmed and dead babies can also cause severe health risks and damage to the mother carrying them as well. I broke my toe while pregnant, and did not, was advised NOT to risk a potentially damaging x-ray. They're reserved for cases of very serious injury/illness in pregnant women, and are conducted with huge precautions in the form of lead aprons and blankets. Do we need to put our unborn and pregnant women, our society's most sensitive beings, at risk, for the sake of "terrorist protection"? Idiocy. I am sure plenty of terrorists feign obesity for the same reason. This is pure idiocy. Oh, and another FYI: many of these suicide bomber women are not given a choice to perform their sacrificial duties, but are forced by husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers, etc...you get the picture. THESE WOMEN DON'T, IN MOST CASES, HAVE VOICE OR A CHOICE.

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lpc@eellp.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:12:50 GMT

Why do these discussions/comments continue to degrade into politics. It has nothing to do with this or any other administration. It is plain and simple. There is a minority of people who will make ANY sacrifice to force their views/lifestyle/religion upon the rest of the world. Terrorists tactics are simply that "spread terror, instile fear, disrupt normality, etc.." using any method at hand. Today it is pregnant women, tomorrow (God forbid) nuclear weapons. Whether anyone likes it or not, the world and the way we lived forever changed on 9/11. Unfortunately, our constitution, and subsequent bill of rights were not written at time when we were fighting a hidden eneny (with absolutely no morals). Remember what Zawahri (al queda second in command) said; "we will kill you with your freedoms". Thats the world we live in. I hate living in fear, but I also cherish life and my children's lives. We must continue to be viligant.

Les C. NYC, NY

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Ron, Moline, IL — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:19:49 GMT

All you people who are ridiculing this story should look at the news once in a while. These things are happening overseas. It is not paranoid to prepare for such tactics.

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Ron, Moline, IL — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:22:37 GMT

Well, Bin Laden attacked the WTC in the first Clinton term. He did nothing to try and catch Bin Laden, and even turned down opportunities to do so. That makes all of this HIS fault, doesn't it? Sounds to me like that may be the most inept administration in history.

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jane doe, midwest — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:25:13 GMT

people, people, rememeber we are in 2008. we usually use ultrasound to confirm pregnancy, seldom x-ray. and as for being revealing, female clothing is generally more revealing than that. I for one am glad they are taking measures for safety. one usually doesn't get a second chance if a plane is blown out of the air.

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Shelly — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:40:12 GMT

No pregnant women can not use the airport x-ray thing, or the wand, it could cause harm to the baby.

The last time I flew when pregnant, I chose to get a pat down so as to not risk harm

And before some one says that the security methods are safe, even to many ultra sounds can harm the baby. this is why they limit them.

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dc, cape coral, florida — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:54:24 GMT

seems like the dhs is full of guys that would rather be hollywood terror genre writers than worry about real police work. unfortunately one of them is a family friend. the list of things that dhs is doing, but 'can't talk about' is aparently endless. this is just another example of the quality of their work. if this is seriously a threat, exactly which bombing was it where this tactic was used? or, which groups have they intercepted messages from concerning this method? i'm not holding my breath for the answer...

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Teresa, Sonora, CA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:57:02 GMT

I have a mother who has an artifical leg and when returning on a flight from Germany she was put in to a room and asked to remove her leg. I think it is far more embarrassing to be asked to remove your pants and then your leg, than to be asked to have someone examine you stomach. When I asked her about it she said that she was glad to do it. She would rather have them searching everyone and have our fellow americans be safe than to be upset by a few awakward moments.

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Melissa F, Levittown, NY — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:57:42 GMT

The article was merely a heads up for anyone who chooses to heed the warning. Though we continue to live our lives, there is still a real threat out there. The standard security procedures may inconveniece us, but if those security policies weren't in place we'd be alot worse off.

Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

Is all the anger and bitterness necessary?

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Mike, Pittsburgh, PA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:57:57 GMT

Are we going to continue to spend billions to counter every possible scheme that our highly-paid "security consultants" can dream up? Why couldn't the terrorists just attack the line waiting to get through the screening process killing more people than you would have on one plane. Government just needs to maintain a fiction to protect us from so that it can justify getting bigger and bigger.

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john jones, plano texas — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:07:33 GMT

Be afraid, be very afraid. Anyone, anywhere can be a terrorist. Even my two-year old could be a terrorist. And be sure to vote for McCain. He's the ONLY one who can protect American from terror. The Dems can't, period.

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Tim, Los Angeles, California — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:08:54 GMT

I sense an awakening here in the straight forward comments from other readers... what a relief! For the first time in a long time I have hope that we are waking up to the fact that this is all fear based herd control and it's failing miserably. Thanks everyone!

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jane doe, Fairfax, Virginia — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:14:40 GMT

I agree with the person from Sri Lanka. This has been known for a long time so just take it as a "you've been warned." And hey MIIK, the terrorists slipped into the US under Clinton's watch. They got flight training under Clinton's watch, they also made two other attempts against the World Trade Center under Clinton's watch AND the opportunity to kill Bin Laden, who those attempts were already linked to, was wasted by CLINTON because he could not be bothered during his golf game to give the final order until it was too late.

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sick and tired of the idiots in this country — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:21:46 GMT

at least they're, DHS, thinking through all the scenarios; give these people a break, they're trying to keep all of us who travel often safe and all you stupid people do is ridicule the DHS.
start acting like adults and for God's sake, all you wack-jobs out there...please keep yourselves locked in your basements and bombshelters! you're making the rest of us rational folk look bad!

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David Powell, Ocean City NJ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:35:34 GMT

Never forget that one of the main goals terrorists aim for is to cause strife by provokingresponse. The people who scream "that darn government!" whenever terrorists get caught or a plot gets caught out by security are playing into the hands of that.

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Wendy, DeKalb Texas — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:36:08 GMT

I think the government needs to do whatever it takes to protect the US. If the average joe/jane doesn't like how they are protecting us because the media of officials aren't giving us enough information so we can continue to critize them, then tough. At least you will still be alive to gripe and complain. With all of the faults in America, it is still the greatest country on earth.

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Former American, North Battleford SK Canada — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:29:59 GMT

Maybe, just maybe if the US of A would stop traveling around the world to other countries and devastating them with unjust wars, torture and exploitation of resources nobody would want to kill all of you. Think about it, one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.

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Phil, Augusta, Maine — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:42:50 GMT

As soon as there is a democrat in the Whitehouse, we'll have a friendly reminder... as Clinton ignored the first Trade Tower attack, and a new president steps in, the government will be unprepared, as 9/11, and the defeat of America in Iraq with withdrawal, the fun will begin for the extremist, who are already here, waiting for people to not care. If one or two people open their eyes, they might see something. Time will tell, don't blame the media or the government, they're trying to do their jobs, as worthless they are, you can help. God Bless America (even if Americans don't)

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anonymous, USA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:48:53 GMT

FYI, this has been out for some time, only its been considered "for official use." These articles aren't meant to scare anybody, it's to keep the public informed as to how the terrorists could attack next! You keep knocking TSA, stop blaming the people trying to do their jobs to keep you safe. Yes, some of the rules are rediculous, but deal with it or don't fly! Also know, some of the tools TSA has are outdated compared to what 'they' are practicing on to see what they can and cannot get through security checkpoints. TSA is doing the best they can with the tools they have to work with!

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slc, Tucson, AZ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:57:00 GMT

People keep blaming Bush for everything, gosh he is one powerful dude! Let's not forget congress is just as guilty! As forpregnant terrorists or any other kind, they're real, people. When are you going to wake up & realize they are here, now in every town in America teaching radical islam ideals to their kids & any unhappy, disenfranchized who aren't getting enough TLC from the government. Great civilizations fall from within, remember? Stop illegal immigration, profile to your hearts content! When are you going to realize you cant "talk" to these people. They just want us dead.

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T. Griffin Tulsa, Ok. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:03:13 GMT

Why Yes Jimmy Bonds, this is the same agency that is responsible for the Fluride in our water supplies.
Actually I believe you are thinking of F.E.M.A.

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Lisa Odessa, Fl — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:08:19 GMT

you know all you Bush slammers just kill me....you think this is scare tactics?? lets see how you feel when it does happen. I guess 9/11 never happened ,right?..Well, NEWS FLASH for you unbelievers Terrorism IS real.It IS happening and believe it or not there are people who would like to destroy us and they will when possible.. this kind of thing is right up their alley because these are the same people who publicly say that Israel must be wiped from the map and every Jew pushed into the sea and that we are the "great satan" and Israel is the "little satan".I'd rather be warned about possible threats and helping prevent a trgedy instead of left picking up pieces of bones and brain matter.

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Tordvergard, Oxnard, CA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:26:22 GMT

Peggy,

Yes, it would be relatively cheap and easy to add automated thermal scanners at airports, to detect this kind of thing. In any case, the reason for announcing a warning like this is twofold. Let the bombers know we're alert to the threat (hopefully decreasing it), and CYA in case one gets past us ("Hey, we weren't caught off guard, we warned that this could happen").

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Mark, Seattle, WA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:36:07 GMT

OK, what part of "threat assessment" do you liberaltarians not understand? If DHS denied threats exist (as you do) or failed to properly assess and plan, you'd squeal and demand 9/11 style compensation when the Islamists bombed your local mall. Yet, for providing factual reports to help remind law enforcement of REAL tactics they must endure your mockery and whining about the inconvenience of "scare tactics". Wake up from your utopian dreamworld and recognize that DHS exists to protect your selfish carcass, whether you like it or not. If YOU choose to be fearful about assessed threats, congratulations. The rest of us will choose to be responsible, informed and vigilant.

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Anit Terrorism — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:14:35 GMT

I don't see what all of you are moaning about. This isn't anything new. Remember in the Vietnam war, bombs where actually implanted INTO women and Children with instructions to "pull a string" when they got near US soldiers. And another thing. Terrorist aren't coming to the US they are in the US. Everyone wants protection, but no one wants to make a sacrifice to get it. So what you get a little more inconvienced at the airport or have to stand in line a little longer. When something like this happens the complaint will ofcourse be "why didn't they protect us" "the government failed to do its job" all because the idiots in this country didn't believe that it could happen, didn't want to do their share in helping to protect this country. Get real people! 9/11 wasn't a joke and Bin Laden is still out there, with a whole new set of friends. You either want the protection of DHS or you don't. Stop complaining. Or it just may be your family that's standing in line at museum, movie theater, or other public place when some idiot decides to blow themselves up just to make a point. Terrorism is real, and it's not going away until "We" the citizens make it too dang hard for them to hurt us (our families).

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JH, Temple, TX — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:51:35 GMT

Remember all the "orange alerts" before the last presidential election. What a sham! This is more of the same. Republicans have no shame.

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Mary Elizabeth Esposito, Bradford,Vermont — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:55:12 GMT

I do not see anything wrong with it, it seems to be a simple process. Anything to make this United States of America a more safer Country. Man, Woman, enen Children have been used. Race really enter the picture white people are capable of the same things. Home Security in my opinion is lax anything to improve it I say let it be. Why take a chance on killing innocent people when it could be avoided. It is only a matter of time until it happens here.

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En Yu — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:34:46 GMT

I am a US citizen living abroad for over 20 years. I have seen much and dealt with many people that don't have the same scruples most Americans have nor moral thought about life. The war goes on in many ways and forms and what ever works they will try. One needs to be aware of this and open to inconvienience or "invasion of privacy" for the protection of life and our country.

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CleanUpYour Own Backyard, Sydney, Aus. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:01:40 GMT

Last time I checked the USA had illegally invaded 2 sovereign nations, unilaterally declaring 'war' in its (your) greed for oil and world domination. No wonder you're paranoid... no one likes or respects the US. You, as US citizens, are all too willing to collude in giving away your own civil rights and denying other nationalities any human rights at all. You are directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands in just the last few years -- millions since the establishment of the USA. Land of free: home of the brave! Hah! Give me -- and the rest of us -- a break!

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Barb. New York, NY — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:59:33 GMT

Just go about living your lives folks. Any day anyone can die from one thing or another. We're not on a 1000 year plan folks. Enjoy life, love, enjoy your families and friends everyday. We are free people. Live free not in fear.

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j.o. Redmond, WA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:16:40 GMT

If the report was marked, “For Official Use Only,” and is one of dozens of threat assessments issued jointly throughout the year by DHS and the FBI why is MSNB making it public? What's the point? To scare the public? To tip off the terrorists that they have leaks in their plots? I suppose if it said Top Secret, you'd print that information also! If it's truly "For Official Use Only", then do us all a favor and keep it to yourselves.

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Michael Conger, Seattle, WA. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:20:55 GMT

I'm all for protecting the people of this great country. Some people seem to forget that this is a whole new war we're seeing these days and there are many trials we must go through in trying to protect ourselfs against these mindless and ruthless terrorists. We will prevail though and along the way there will be hits and misses with people on both sides of the aisles. I do feel though that if we sit along the sidelines and do nothing for fear of criticism, we will play right into the hands of the terrorists. Don't kid yourselfs terrorists are counting on it.

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Michael@fortruth.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:39:48 GMT

Don't the suicide bombers realize that they just need to wait and we will wipe ourselves out with our legalized abortion?

Michael Stamp
Great Falls, MT

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LA Newport News — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:23:27 GMT

I think our news media should be added to the list of terrorists. The aim of terrorists is to spread fear and every day that is what they do. Feart, panic, chaos and disorder....their job is done here.

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Bohdan Szejner — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:56:47 GMT

We have to address the causes of these bombings. Five hundred years ago, a thousand, or three thousand, there were no massive suicide occurrences! At the worst (or best), a woman like Judith cut a single head of Holofernes. Suddenly, in the last two centuries mostly Islamic men and women started to blow themselves up, taking many innocent victims with them. Has Islam changed? Or is there some other cause? This we must address universally, talking to Islam!

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Steve Metzler, Tampa Florida — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:25:37 GMT

Simply amazing! As I sit at my desk within the walls of DHS, I am again amazed at the number of uninformed, or should I say, misinformed(?)citizens of this great nation. After having engaged terrorist for over 38 years, including actual combat, there are several things I know without reservation are true. One, when collective groups of people promise to hunt you down and kill you for religious beliefs they mean it. Two, if you locate those peoples and kill them first, you remian alive. Seems simple to understand to me. Now the real "fear" I have is that it seems so many Americans who sit on their butts while having persons as myself out implementing truth number 2 are so quick to attack not only the policies of the government tasked with their security but the persons tasked with trying to enforce those security requirements. Yeah, yeah, this is America, and you do have the right to "bitch". But once in a while, please find someone who actually makes a living getting their butts kicked by people who so desperately want to kill any and all Americans and give them a moment to tell you of the realities they face.
There may come a time when you find yourselves standing face to face with someone who is about to kill you and/or your family, and maybe, just maybe, people like myself and my team are just going to let you stand alone, because you know what, I'm getting way too old and way too tired to keep stepping in between you and your destiny.

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DW,Webster, In — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:32:14 GMT

The threat of loss of life from an "apparently innocent source".We cry out at this inhumanity. Yet millions of babies are killed by the decision of the "apparently innocent" mother.How can we justify our righteous love of life when they clearly see we do not value life as we would like them to believe. God help us to see our hypocrisy.

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Rob, Houston, TX — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:10:14 GMT

I am astonished that anyone would object to reasonable measures that are solely intended to prevent the loss of innocent lives or make a mockery of dissemination of tried tactics used by terrorists to kill. What privacy rights would you have when your life is cut down. Even if you have forgotten 9/11, you must be aware of the havocs, beheadings and the total disregard for innocent human lives snorfed out by terrorits around the world every single day. Wake up!

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S. Altschul, Asheville, NC — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:22:38 GMT

After reading all the comments up to now I find it interesting that the contributors from Sri Lanka, who's country had been subjected to this very form of terrorism, don't find this report the least bit stupid. Why do so many of the other contributors dismiss it as another form of government conspiracy?

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James Wilk, M.D., Denver, CO — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:22:53 GMT

Marty from Iowa says, "I am totally in favor of profiling, would airport security x-rays pick up these false "pregnacys" (sic)?"

So, Marty, how many real fetuses do you think we should expose to X-ray radiation in order to find a suicide bomber? A thousand? Ten-thousand? More? Would you want your unborn child to get X-rayed in utero for this reason?

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Zev, Dallas, Texas — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:38:42 GMT

It is truly amazing how much time and energy we, will spending, reading, debating, fearing and analyzing the actions of those who hate us. But few of us will spend any time or thought on how to change this perception. To live in fear, is to stop living. This is the only weapon of a terroist. When we stop living in fear and are willing to live in love, we will eliminate the only weapon of these mad men.

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Rachel Cain Arab, AL USA~ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:45:47 GMT

You know this is nothing more than propaganda by the mainstream media and government! They "need" fear in order to rationalize this "WAR AGAINST TERROR!". Come on people, wake up! Get these idiots out of office. Before long, we will have NO RIGHTS or CIVIL LIBERTIES left! Better do something about it while you can!
For some real information go to: www.RestoreTheRepublic.com

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Markov Cheney — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:58:27 GMT

DHS is a scam. They are laundering your tax money into the pockets of Republican cronies, and fear-mongering so that you think they're protecting you. Don't be fooled.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13822662/
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/1338/26/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_27_55/ai_n6133476

Wake up America! The foxes are guarding the hen house.

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Kim, Toronto, Ontario — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:22:42 GMT

Simply terrible, but not altogether surprising. A quick message to those suggesting X-rays, they are unhealthy for the unborn child. That's why if you are a female you are always asked if there is a posibility that you are pregnant every time a nurse wants to take your X-ray.

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Dan Onymous, London, UK — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:31:56 GMT

I think the Lockerbie plane was brought down by about 125 grams of explosive. That is about 1/4 pound. Man or woman, I think that body cavities can hold that much explosive.

All it should take is determination, creativity, a trip to the bathroom, and that will be that. Energy sources and circuitry can be found in every day items- mobile phones, flash cameras etc. It is sad, but it is a fact of life.

TSA are not looking for proper threats- instead they are auditing the 3 oz rule, the 1 qt ziplock bag rule. Common sense does not rule

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Robert Hendricks, Beltsville, Maryland — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:42:46 GMT

What does DHS stand for? Doesn't Have Sense? Seriously, why make something like this public knowledge? To raise public hysteria, or raise taxes?
Or maybe to infringe on the few civil liberties we have left.

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Columbia, MO — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:45:01 GMT

Yes, DHS is right. The threat is real. All women needed to screened thoroughly. Pregnant women need to be confirmed if they are pregnant with baby or bomb. There are no privacy issues in the face of national security.

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Linda G, Voorhees NJ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:47:44 GMT

This is an unfortunate fact of life in the world we live in. Much of this could have been avoided by Bill Clinton. You all need to remember that after the US COle and embassy bombings, Clinton had a chance to give to OK to take out Bin Laden when the intelligence agencies had Bin Laden in their sights. Clinton was too busy "wagging the dog" and also was too worried about the 20-30 people who might also get killed in the attack on Bin Laden, so he nixed it. As evidenced by history, unfortunately a suicide bomber can kill many more than 20-30 people. If Clinton had done his job as Commander in chief instead of adulterer in chief, we would not be here. His inaction was the proverbial "stone in the pond" that created the ripples that we are living with today

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NY, NY — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:26:01 GMT

Stop using these scary tactics, sick and tired of living in fear. And please lets not get too many ideas from our so called closest ally in the Middle East.

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An Americian, Lenoir city Tennessee. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:05:09 GMT

This is in response to (MIIK, WASHINGTON,DC.)
This should not worry you , you are so stupid thinking Bush had any thing to do with it, you must not be able to read or your memory is abnormally short, No terrost would want to waste a charge on you

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SS, NJ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:08:16 GMT

When I was pregnant, I traveled quite frequently and ALWAYS got pulled over for extra security screening. Since giving birth, I have had no issues. The thorough screening of pregnant women is alive and well!

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Me in DC — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:21:21 GMT

Will Congress please defund TSA and unwind DHS? They are the most screwed up agencies in the Federal government. This is absurd to release publically, even if it were remotely a real threat in the US. For what purpose is this being released to the public? Are we now going to start cheking out every pregnant women we see at the airport?

Does anyone else see this as turning American's against one another? Are we supposed to spy on our neighbors too?

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Me in DC — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:31:11 GMT

-To Mr. Metzler:

You comment is that exact reason why the rest of us are sick of DHS and the government intrusion in our lives. Your attitude that the rest of "Amerika" owes you something, for the job you have chosen to do and gotten paid to do for the last 38 years is patently offensive.

I want government out of the freakin' airport and to stop invading my life. I didn't ask our government to start wars in the Middle east or to give away $6 Billion a year in weapons to Israel. Because people in government, like you, made those decisions, we need have terrorists attacking us.

If the US stayed out of other countries business, then 9/11 would have never happened and we wouldn't need your services anymore.

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Stacey Columbus, Ohio — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:39:48 GMT

The thing that makes these terrosists so dangerous is that they are willing to give up their own lives for their cause. They will use any situation and any means necessary to complete their mission. Using a fake pregnancy doesn't seem all that extreme, considering what these people have already done.
As far as people being offended because a pregnant woman might have to really prove she's carrying a baby and not an explosive device, my response is "get over it". Try explaining to a potential victim's 10 year old child just why not violating this terroist's civil rights is worth more than than his/her parent's life. This is America, and we need to protect the lives and well being of other Americans. Our soldiers' are putting their lives on the line every day to protect us, whether it be within our own 50 states, or the confines of the middle east. Complaining that violating a terroist's civil rights is more of a tragedy than having Americans blown to bits is just plain ridiculous.

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Pat, Tampa, Fl — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:40:18 GMT

These are just scare tactics by the DHS to justify an increase in there budgets, every year these agencies create some earth shaken event that may happen to have us think there doing there job.
I think we know better after Katrina how inept DHS really is, and I hope the next President dismantles this worthless agency.
Enough already of infringing on our rights.

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Greg, Cleveland, Ohio — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:44:10 GMT

The lesson here is: profiling doesn't work.

Terrorists are increasingly using female suicide bombers bombers because the profile is male. The 9/11 hijackers were older, married, educated men because the profile was younger, single, less educated men.

Any profile just gives terrorists an advantage as they'll attack with off-profile people.

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Truly Concerned, USA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:16:04 GMT

I am sure all of the people on this board that think this is silly will be the FIRST ones screaming, "Where was Homeland Security?" when terrorists use this tactic to blow up an airliner/building/mall/etc.

Wake up, people! We are in the fight for our freedoms AND our lives!

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Dave, Jax, Fl — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:45:38 GMT

Me in DC--apparently you haven't made it through 6th grade yet. You'll learn in your American History class that when we were an isolationist country until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor. Isolationism doesn't work. Apparently you didn't get the memo: Bin Laden attacked us because we left him high & dry after the Afghan conflict with Russia, and our presence in the middle east (to put it simply)...

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Concerned Citizen, San Diego, Ca — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:05:36 GMT

Terrorists have no purpose in life but to destroy the very thing we cherish and thats life. Let them be and let them destroy themselves...
I think we need to fix our own house and clean our own yard before we do everyone elses.
Close the borders, lock them down and let us start cleaning our house. We have have enough homeless people, and umemployed people to help.
We have a national debt that we will never recover from and yet our country still wants to try and help others... I think we at home here need the help. Not Them!

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DP, NYC — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:19:56 GMT

Someone once said, 'a person is intelligent, it's people who are stupid.' I don't think this article or others like it is necessarily intended for fear-mongering purposes. Each of us should think for ourselves and learn to judge when to put the paranoia brakes on. We can best think if we are well-informed. We can become well-informed by first becoming informed and then taking the time to really look at the issue.

I think it is the responsibility of each of us to look out for everyone else. We all share the risk. This article, it's not about disrespect. Living in a civilized nation as we do, we sometimes need to modify our behavior and reactions. I encourage you look at the people around you and to ask yourself not what would you do but what should you do. First and foremost, we need to respect each other. That means every 'each other'. That's rule No. 1.

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tyler, Honolulu, Hi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:58:52 GMT

how long before airline travel requires you to enter a room, remove your clothes, and put on a set of surgical-type scrubs before boarding?

having been through security at LAX numerous times, i'm fairly confident that DHS and TSA are more than capable of the interrogation and harasment services they currently provide.

How about a little more common sense?

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rosie doe — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:43:38 GMT

Oh please . Pregnancy is the most beautiful thing in the world .. Now you want to degrade us by making us show our bellies to perfect strangers>> Is there no decencey left in this world ..I am now starting to fear going out

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Bob, Savannah, GA — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:52:16 GMT

Alot of YOU need to take a hard look at the big picture. Do we continue to fight these animals over there? or do we start having busses and trains blow up here? In an open society like ours, there will be no way to defend against this type of attack.

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Lyric, Houston Tx — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:16:33 GMT

Someone suggested an xray of pregnant women's bellies, but I'm currently pregnant and they cover my belly every time I have a shoulder xray with a lead apron to protect my baby. I'll walk before I put my baby's life in danger.

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ms lady- los angeles,ca — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:46:54 GMT

I read all this stuff about how This or That happened under Clinton But Before Clinton there was Regan and Bush. Under their watch we gave modern arms and trainning through our own CIA to the Very Terrorist we are now so afraid of. Let's not forget MR Regan ordering the taking of the amo from our Marines during a so called Peace keeping" mission" and right after a van LOADED WITH BOMBS was able to penetrate our denfenses and blow up a US controlled Military Barracks in Beruit. And They still lied to us about how many soliders and civilians died. And Funny how everyone has forgotten that just before 911 we were wondering just who our real Pres. was and the matter of the "lost/ Mis counted, or fradulent votes was before the Surpreme Court, funny how it was all forgotten about with the blowing up of the WT Center. And we went to wasr with a country that had nothing to do with it and all of the hoopla of WEapons of Mass Destruction was found to be one big fat lie!- But they are still controlling our fears- Now we got to be supisous of the "Big Belly" now.

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chris — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:52:28 GMT

goodness gracious, enough with the fear mongoring, and control tactics.

Those that sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither...Benjamin Frankin

The Homeland...land of the secure

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Tamara, Portland, OR — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:02:22 GMT

PEOPLE, PLEASE. WE ARE AT WAR. DON'T MAKE MORE OF THIS THAN THERE IS. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROTECT US, GET ON BOARD WITH IT! THIS ISN'T ABOUT TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDOM; IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING WHAT LITTLE WE HAVE LEFT. GOD BLESS THE USA

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J A Robinson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:04:53 GMT

Actually the Terrorists outside the government brand don't value their lives in the way ordinary people do. They see the sacrifice of their lives as a gift of faith to their God, whoever that God might be. The government terrorists see their terror mongering as opportunities to make more money and to slip it past the people they govern. The people are seen as sheep. If they object, give them a bit more money to spend, a bit more incentive to shop and tell them to supersize their fast food choices. Of course then the fear mongering gets wrapped up in that bit too with doctors and nurses telling people that what they eat and drink are killing them. The list goes on and on and it's not new. To offer free flights to those who are sick of the constant fear and terror at airports is to mock those who consider free speech a certainty that was given to them by the founding fathers of the nation. Of course we're not supposed to remember those wee little freedoms. We're supposed to give them up for the benefit and welfare of the government so the government can tell us what to do when to do it and how we should feel while we're being led down the garden path to another world war. Someone should take a look at Bush's income over the past five years since he started the war and see how he profited. Oh, that was done in the film Farenheit 9/11. Someone should see who his buddies are and why they want to go to war. Oh, same thing was already done in several documentaries on the war in Iraq and how we're affording it. SO, as we all, globally, walk down the chute towards that lovely stun gun that will knock us out to be put to death let us cheer the governments that are making it all possible.

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Thomas Boyko, Omaha, Nebraska — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:45:26 GMT

Well, it is campaign season.

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TLU Vanc. WA — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:37:23 GMT

I wonder what the world would be like if the people who lived in it cared for- loved- each other as much as they cared for- love- them selves.

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shannon,olympia,WA — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:42:27 GMT

If we keep helping the people over in other countries rather than our own even when they continue to build bombs and using terror tactics to show us just how appreciative they are of us....I say just let them fight there own fight unto themselfs and focus on becoming a self reliant Counrty.

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Youre Kidding, Anytown US — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:29:28 GMT

Well, yes. But why doesn't the TSA stop passengers from carrying on items that are obvious weapons, such as stainless steel pens with sharp points? and what about wood or plastic rods along with fishing line that can be used as a garrot? How about glass reinforced polycarbonate knives? Inserted in sheets of the same material to provide a uniform x-ray silhouette? How about 4 oz of aqua regia? or hydroflouric acid? What about a laser cabable of opening the flight deck door?

It's time that TSA realized that the reason that bad things aren't happening is do less to their harrasement and more to the fact that the bad guys are occupied elsewhere.

Indeed, I can imagine quite a number of ways that 20 determined people could bring a major city to an absolute and complete hallt -- perhaps for weeks or even months.

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Erik, Sydney — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:02:17 GMT

We must beat every pregnant woman with a stick, JUST IN CASE they are terrorist.

Thankyou for alerting us to this DISASTROUS LOOPHOLE in our security.

Give me a break. USA you're going down the toilet, WAKE UP!

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J A Robinson — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:03:45 GMT

Actually Erik, the sickness is spreading. Every deed that is outrageous is laid to blame on Ben Ladin or the other one. Does anyone recall when Reagan or Carter was in office the bugaboo held up to terrorise the world was the Ayatolla. The USA government and those who walk lock step with that country always have some poor schnook lurking in the background that they will pay millions to to get that dumb bunny to go along as their fall guy. Of course the fall guy never actually comes to justice because they can't prove guilt without tarring themselves. But hey, we as the global population they rule don't look deep enough or bother to remember those little bits of truth that we knew when the filth started. Before the Ayatolla it was the IRA before the IRA it was the Italian mafia working in the nations of the world. Why do we let the governments do what they do, money. OF course we don't get the money, not really. The government says they respread the income from war and terror so that the average joe or joette will get a dollar, not even a full pound for those in nations with different currency. And the third world countries don't get a dime. Afterall, we're feeding them they should be damned grateful we've spared them the stale food and rancid cheese they can't eat.

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scared to be pregnant now, Portland, OR — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:20:06 GMT

"He who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserves NEITHER."
~Benjamin Franklin

People, have you forgotten what AMERICA is supposed to be all about???
The chance that someone COULD do something terrible is the price we pay for a free society which honors our rights and presumes INNOCENCE OVER GUILT.
We have not had ONE terrorist attack on the U.S. since 9/11, which itself is rife with evidence of another story altogether (building 7 anyone??)
IF the 'terrorists' want to get a bomb on a plane, they will. Screw impinging on OUR RIGHTS as citizens-- banning lighters,liquids,CIVIL LIBERTIES ad infinitum-- what if 'they' discover how to make a bomb out of clothing??
Will we all have to go NAKED THEN???

WHERE IS YOUR REASON???
Wake the f*ck up and educate yourself on the difference between FREEDOM and FACISM, you sanctimonious, racist IDIOTS.
Stop f*cking up our country.

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Jordan Davis, Aurora, Colorado — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:11:42 GMT

ok, so i understand that bombers would go to that extremity if needed, but isnt telling this on the WORLD WIDE web only giving people ideas???? i might only be 16, but what of my personal rights being violated when im an aduld because they need to have me cheked to make sure im really preaggo!!!!!!!! tell you the ttruth, this is only giving the government another excuse to take away another right, because humans are so nosey.... ( i kno that because I am, and so are most people) to read this assumption makes me mad... what have we turned into? that now we would expect a woman middle eastern or not, to be lieing when she says she ging to have a baby? again, i know the extremities suicidal bombers will go to, but thats too far. the only reason we still have people bombing us is beacause all we kno how to do is fight. we have the technology that we dont have to violate a person's rights, or have them change or anything, but we choose to anyway....