if the perp had the bomb in his backpack wouldn't the TSA screeners have caught it thru using the scanners they have and done something to keep him off the plane, or are scanners such X-ray or electronic 'wand' devices unable to detect any kind of explosives?

i think those wand thangs are for handguns, knives, metal stuff. there's this peculiar gizmo they have for detecting explosives -- it's sensitive to the chemicals -- but i fly a lot and i've only seen it used once.

The era of cheap fossil fuels is drawing rapidly to a close.  This air piracy and terrorism panic will be easier to manage with far fewer flights and far fewer people flying.

Re: "Fossil Fuels", there doesn't seem to be an actual end.  There are reports available showing that there is plenty of oil in the ground, and that the Earth also replenishes it's supply.  There are also reports of oil wells that have been capped because they "ran dry", and now there is so much oil in them that it is seeping through the cap!  Why else would prices have dropped so much in the last 8 weeks or so?  Here in my part of Idaho, gas peaked at a little over $3/gallon, and now it's less that $2/gallon.  Why?  Because scientists and people who work in the oil fields have come forth with evidence of the above.

The link here:  http://www.infowars.com/articles/economy/peak_oil_globalist_scam.htm  is a good place to start.  Type "peak oil scam" into Google and see what comes up.

We're under a fascist/neo-fuedalist system.  The sooner you wake up to that, the sooner you can act upon it, whatever action you are led to do.