Word: detectible
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...regardless of the probability of the threat and the feasibility of preventing it? Or do we have an honest discussion about risk and the costs of safety? After the discovery of the liquid-bomb plot, does it make sense to funnel billions more dollars into new machines that can detect liquid explosives, even though the past three sizable attacks pulled off by Islamic terrorists in major metropolises have been on trains in Madrid, London and Bombay? Banning cologne from planes and testing bottles of baby formula for explosives may make us feel proactive, but are we being smarter...
...Hair of the Dog Alcohol-related illnesses can be difficult to treat and even harder to detect...
...concealing a sharp object intended to be used for removing maps from books, map thieves are difficult for library security personnel to discover.“The problem is that what you need to remove a map is so small that it’s almost impossible to detect,” Wilkie said.—Staff writer Brittney L. Moraski can be reached at bmoraski@fas.harvard.edu...
...even the best of them visually identifying a liquid explosive in an innocuous bottle are slim - that's why Israel's Ben Gurion airport has a laboratory in the basement to conduct instant tests of liquids found on suspect passengers. If the U.S. system lacks sufficient technology to detect liquid explosives, and if it relies on the TSA screeners to ID possible terrorists, it is, at best, a wire mesh fence...
...five men charged with planning the failed July 21 operation - where four small explosions shut down the London transport system - also lived and worked in Britain. "The enemy within is the most daunting, because you don't have people crossing borders, which would make them easier to detect, since they're already integrated and often in very tight communities" says Will Geddes, managing director of ICP Group, an international security consultancy. "The more extreme groups tend to isolate themselves. I hate to draw this analogy, but it's a bit like with pedophile rings. They remain in their own isolated...