Wednesday, February 5, 2014

US Warns Airlines About Toothpaste Tube Bomb Threats

Olympic Threat: US Warns Airlines About Toothpaste Tube Bomb -- ABC News

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning to U.S. and some foreign airlines traveling to Russia for the Olympic Games to be on the lookout for toothpaste containers, which some intelligence indicates may actually hold ingredients that could be used to construct a bomb aboard a plane, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

The official did not provide further details about the warning or the intelligence that prompted it, but an official with the Department of Homeland Security, while declining to discuss the specific warning, said the department "regularly shares relevant information with domestic and international partners, including those associated with international events such as the Sochi Olympics."

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Update: Airlines warned about possible toothpaste bombs ahead of Olympics -- CNN

My Comment: Plastic explosives in a test tube .... makes you wonder what they will think of next.

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