Body Bombs May Challenge Terrorists as Much as U.S. Air Security
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Body bombs, the latest terrorist threat flagged by U.S. officials, may prove to be as difficult for would-be attackers to use with the desired effect as they are for airport screeners to detect.
Prompted by new intelligence, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has alerted airlines and its counterparts in other nations to the potential risk of implanted explosives, a U.S. security official said in a July 12 e-mail.