OHHHH Airport Security Will Be Hell If the TSA Gets Ahold of THIS

[furrbear]

From Bruce Schneier's blog:

Ass Bomber

Nobody tell the TSA, but last month someone tried to assassinate a Saudi prince by exploding a bomb stuffed in his rectum. He pretended to be a repentant militant, when in fact he was a Trojan horse:

The resulting explosion ripped al-Asiri to shreds but only lightly injured the shocked prince -- the target of al-Asiri's unsuccessful assassination attempt.

Other news articles are here, and here are two blog posts.

For years, I have made the joke about Richard Reid: "Just be glad that he wasn't the underwear bomber." Now, sadly, we have an example of one.

Lewis Page, an "improvised-device disposal operator tasked in support of the UK mainland police from 2001-2004," pointed out that this isn't much of a threat for three reasons: 1) you can't stuff a lot of explosives into a body cavity, 2) detonation is, um, problematic, and 3) the human body can stifle an explosion pretty effectively (think of someone throwing himself on a grenade to save his friends).

But who ever accused the TSA of being rational?

Comments

[sultmhoor.livejournal.com]

Wait until they realize you could smuggle a briefcase-nuke in the space of a removed lung!

[winstonthriller.livejournal.com]

Gives new meaning to the phrase "Phew! Light a match!"

[mellowtigger]

Wow. Hopefully the ineffectiveness of it will dissuade future attempts at the same method.

[s2dbaker.livejournal.com]

If you're going to blow yourself to pieces for God, then I guess you get extra heaven-points for creativity.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but how many hot daddybears are there versus guys you don't even want looking at you, much less touching you there?

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

That puts the ass (twice!) in 'assassination'.

[snousle.livejournal.com]

With a little practice I'm pretty sure a dedicated terrorist could carry a plane-destroying bomb up his butt.

The fact that it hasn't happened yet suggests to me that they aren't nearly as numerous or as dangerous as the US govt would like us to think.

[muffinchief.livejournal.com]

I dunno, Mr shoe bomber didn't hurt anyone and I still have to walk through security feeling like a stripper for a foot fetishist.

[muffinchief.livejournal.com]

Actually, the TSA rule will read, "You can only carry 3 oz or less inside your anus."