How Safe Are We? Contractor's Bag Full of Explosives at JFK

A US contractor returning home to California with his suitcase full of higly explosive Soviet munitions that he had brought home as a keepsake, were not detected untill after he had landed at JFK airport in New York. They only caught him there because he was randomly searched!!!!! Its almost funny, did he really think it was Okay? Christ, airport security seems worse after 911 not better.

A government contractor brought highly explosive Soviet munitions on his trip home from Afghanistan (news - web sites) that were not detected until he arrived at John F. Kennedy airport, federal officials said.

Shaun Marshall, a medic for defense contractor DynCorp, arrived at Kennedy Aug. 19 from the United Arab Emirates. He was trying to board a United Airlines flight home to California when he was pulled aside for a routine security check.

A search of his bags by federal screeners found what police bomb technicians described in an FBI (news - web sites) complaint as a Soviet "projectile point detonating fuse" and a "surface-to-air and air-to-air cartridge."

Munitions on the Plane