Re: U.S. lowers threshold for inclusion on no-fly lists

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

Great to see the focus being put on bombers, as opposed to bombs.

You know that the energy density/kg of that li-ion battery in your
laptop is about .54 that of TNT, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density

The only difference is an appropriate detonator, and internal structure
amenable to rapid propagation of the shock front, as opposed to
dampening it.

Any technology of sufficient energy or edge sharpness can be used to
kill, and all of them have perfectly peaceful uses. The key is stopping
the people who would abuse them, not banning the tools, as most, if not
all, are the underlying basis for modern society.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:40 AM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] U.S. lowers threshold for inclusion on no-fly lists
>
> "The U.S. government has lowered the threshold for information deemed
> important enough to put suspicious individuals
> on a watch list or no-fly list, or have their visa revoked, senior
> State Department officials tell CNN.
>
> The government overhauled criteria it uses for putting possible
> terrorists on such lists as a result
> of the failed Christmas Day attack, officials said.
>
> They spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive
> nature of the material."
> --clip--
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/05/terrorism.watch.list/index.html
>
> Juha-Matti
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