Re: Could the New U.S. RFID Passports Trigger a Bomb?

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Fergie wrote:
> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to issue 13
> million passports this year. And one group of security experts says the
> American passports could be used as potential bomb triggers.

Someone is having a little news mash-up fun.  And I approve.  "Take this 
plane to Cuba, or I will remove my passport from the mylar packet!!"

And I'll remind people that if you want to blow up a plane with 
something from the cargo hold, you could use a time or altimiter.. or 
maybe even a GPS, blow it up where you like.  Take THAT naked, 
blindfolded, handcuffed-to-my-seat airlines.

How much does it cost to charter a big plane?  Couldn't I just save up 
and go into a lot of debt for that?  What do I care if I'm going to 
crash it into things...

                                        BB
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