TNT and Ammonium Nitrate

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 16:41:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joseph Traub <traub () cs columbia edu>
Subject: TNT and Ammonium Nitrate
To: dave () farber net

Dave, The following might be suitable for posting on ip. Joe


A cache of TNT
found in Manila and ammonium nitrate fertilizer
found in London, were likely to be used in terrorist attacks.
Apropos of the warning from The FBI and the DHS about attacks in the U.S.
Congress should mandate the use of chemical tags to show the source of
TNT and ammonium nitrate. Such tags would serve
the same purpose as black box recorders after a plane crash.
Indeed, I'm surprised congress has not already legislated
such a requirement.
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Joseph F. Traub,   Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science

traub () cs columbia edu          http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~traub

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