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He used [[PETN]], a powerful plastic explosive. A few ounces can blast open an airplane, so it is the preferred weapon of terrorists.  Abdulmutallab tried to ignite a two-part concoction of PETN and possibly a glycol-based liquid explosive in a bomb concealed in his underwear.  It produced a popping noise, smoke, and some fire, but no deadly detonation, because he used the wrong technique.  Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen quickly took the credit

He used [[PETN]], a powerful plastic explosive. A few ounces can blast open an airplane, so it is the preferred weapon of terrorists.  Abdulmutallab tried to ignite a two-part concoction of PETN and possibly a glycol-based liquid explosive in a bomb concealed in his underwear.  It produced a popping noise, smoke, and some fire, but no deadly detonation, because he used the wrong technique.  Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen quickly took the credit

==Security==

==Security==

The episode was a catastrophic breach of security. He boarded in Nigeria, where security is notoriously lax, and changed planes in Amsterdam, where security officials are not allowed to use its full-body scanners because of privacy concerns. He paid for an expensive international flight in cash, and had no luggage--well known danger signals.  Worse, his father, a leading banker in Nigeria, met a month before with U.S. State Department and CIA officials to warn them his son had become radicalized, but they took no action and allowed the terrorist to keep his permanent visa permitting unrestricted entry into the U.S.   

The episode was a catastrophic breach of security. He boarded in Nigeria, where security is notoriously lax, and changed planes in Amsterdam, where security officials are not allowed to use its full-body scanners because of privacy concerns. He paid for an expensive international flight in cash, and had no luggage--well known danger signals.  Worse, his father, a leading banker in Nigeria, had met with U.S. State Department and CIA officials a month before the bombing attempt to warn them his son had become radicalized, but they took no action and allowed the terrorist to keep his permanent visa permitting unrestricted entry into the U.S.   

==[[Mainstream media| Lamestream Media]]==

==[[Mainstream media| Lamestream Media]]==