Our homeland security people are concerned (due to intel intercepts and interrogations) about al Qaeda bringing bombs aboard airliners that do not look like bombs. They are worried that moldable C4 is going to be fashioned into objects that appear harmless (like statuettes, knickknacks, etc.) and carried onto airliners or placed in checked baggage. The puffers (if the explosive was on someone's person) and swab-style mass spectrometers (4 types) would detect these explosives, but only a tiny percentage get this treatment.
They are also worried that C4 could be perfectly molded into the inside of things like personal DVD players and go right through scanners without being detected. If they device is not swabbed, it could go right through with no problem. For example, you could cut the tops off of batteries, remove the guts, replace the guts with C4, replace and fasten the battery tops, and place the batteries in electronic devices and get them right aboard.
Be on the lookout for closer TSA scrutiny being applied to electronic devices.
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