[Catspaw]

I should have said his middle eastern look.

They're supposed to--but they have a long checklist of things they're supposed to check--and my gut says he bought a one-way ticket with cash, too.

[meenie]

Metal detectors are useless on plastic explosives. There are more common and dangerous explosives than C-4 which I won't describe here. A determined terrorist is almost impossible to deter, especially when he has no regard for his own life.