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...waterproof and shockproof device has already been used by hazmat teams in New York and Washington and in military operations, and Ahura has plans to develop an even smaller, cell-phone-size implement. How does the technology work? Explosive liquids tend to have strong chemical signatures, which the device can read, even through bottles or other containers. The technique employed, called Raman spectroscopy, uses a laser for optical analysis. After shining a light on a substance, liquid or solid, the device analyzes the optical characteristics of the scattered light that reflects back. "You can read the substance...
...reports pop up all the time, but this particular terror operation got close enough to being carried out that it rattled even the normally sedate Chertoff. "Very seldom do things get to me," he told Rep. Peter King, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, in a phone call late Wednesday night. "This one has really gotten...
...then, it was too late for her to back out. Flight policy mandated that once a passenger checked her bags, she must board the flight. Without any cell phone or way to contact family members, Biskup got on the plane with her friend, both of them a bit nervous. "We were thinking, 'Is this a terrorist threat against the U.S. or the U.K.?" Biskup recalled. "How many flights were there between the U.S. and U.K.? Is there a chance that something could have slipped by, even with the extra security...
Lieberman conceded to Lamont in a phone call at 11 p.m. Tuesday night, but his speech to his supporters last night suggested that he will not be giving up the fight...
...wife and I spend hours on the phone now, much as we did as love-struck teenagers. It used to be that when a war correspondent heard a loud explosion, his first instinct was to call his editor and bark, "Stop the presses!" When I hear a loud bang, my first call is to Bipasha to let her know that I'm okay. If I don't, there's a chance the explosion will make the news - she'll see it on TV, and worry about...