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...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...
...Maryland were close to making a genetic fingerprint of the anthrax powder; the reopening of the freshly decontaminated Hart Senate Office Building--USAMRIID itself was under attack. The Army was scrambling last week to answer charges that controls inside the lab over the past decade were at best lax and at worst scandalous. The reports added support to a growing suspicion that whoever sent the anthrax letters may have had strong ties to USAMRIID or may even have worked there in the past...
...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...
...drive. This is fine if the only intent is to ensure that someone behind the wheel has mastered turn signals, but it shouldn't be sufficient to get someone into a federal building, the Olympics or an airplane. All a terrorist needs to do is shop around for a lax state (Florida still doesn't require proof of permanent residency) or resort to a forger with a glue gun and laminator...