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...those in communities elsewhere in Europe, but extremists among them may have greater liberty to operate. The British have no system of national identity cards. And the police have traditionally adopted a policy of "watchful tolerance" of extremists, aimed at keeping them aboveground. From afar, that policy can look lax. Watchful tolerance makes sense only if someone is actually watching. Abu Qatada, who has been named in American court testimony as a member of al-Qaeda's fatwa committee, disappeared from his home in west London around Christmas, just before he could have been detained under new antiterrorist legislation...
...think about protection along with passenger comfort." Designers working on terminals in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and Los Angeles are considering such ideas as blast-resistant panels, shatterproof glass and interior aesthetics that visually differentiate public areas from secure sections. A proposed $12 billion expansion to LAX is on hold until architects can incorporate a luggage-inspection facility several blocks from the terminals. Other gateways are drafting facilities with ductile window frames that flex during explosions. "This isn't the end of glass in terminals," says Ginger Evans, aviation manager at the engineering firm Carter & Burgess...
...alleged to have been the handler of fellow Algerian Ahmed Ressam, an operative living in Montreal who was arrested in December 1999 while trying to cross the U.S.-Canadian border in a rental car filled with homemade explosives; in April, Ressam was convicted of plotting to blow up lax on New Year's Eve. Italian antiterrorist police believe Abu Doha was also a key al-Qaeda link to terrorist cells in Europe involved in planning attacks like the thwarted attempt on the Cathedral and Christmas market in Strasbourg...
...while he admits that there were problems at USAMRIID in the past, Colonel Edward Eitzen, the lab commander, says the allegations of easy access to toxins and lax security are grossly exaggerated. "It would be very difficult to stop a determined insider from removing samples even if you were stopping everybody on their way out," he concedes. But, he says, "even prior to 9/11, we were as good or better than any other laboratory in terms of our security and our safety." Of the 27 missing samples, 26 have been tracked down, he maintains, and in any case, they...
...turn out that the dysfunctional environment and lax controls at USAMRIID have nothing to do with the anthrax killer. But if not, all that means is this particular ticking bomb didn...