zxcvbob wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
>
> > The bigger issue is that the devices provide little to no security
> > benefit as they only see through clothes. As we should all be aware, the
> > terrorists ranks include doctors, and they could quite easily implant
> > probably 5# of plastic explosives in a bomber along with a minimal metal
> > detonator control, fake medical documents and X-rays to show a hip
> > replacement to account for the metal detector going off, and none of the
> > current security screening methods will detect it.
> >
> > It is as they say "Security Theater".
>
> Did you see _The X-Files_ episode "Jump the Shark"? Terrorists had
> biological weapons encapsulated in an organic package (like a large
> engineered cyst) that would break down and release after an precise
> delay, and surgically implanted inside the body cavity of a "mule" who
> carried the payload wherever.
>
> Bob

I didn't see that episode, and indeed I haven't turned on a TV since
June.

As for the concept, the engineering a precise bio capsule thing is a
waste of effort since there are much simpler ways to release the
contents.