[Howlin]

By May 1996, Scarpa had relayed to the FBI the types and densities of explosives that Yousef said he could get past airport metal detectors and X-ray machines. Scarpa also learned how to conceal wiring and a 9-volt battery needed to detonate a bomb in an electric razor or toy.

Yousef described how explosives and detonators could be hidden in shoe heels - five years before terrorist Richard Reed tried to ignite his sneakers on a flight from Paris to Miami.

So, if I have this straight, Janet Reno KNEW of a potential plot with SHOE BOMBS -- and she knew FIVE YEARS before it happened?

Somebody call Ben-Vineste!

[piasa]

THE terrorist even boasted the United States would never pursue bin Laden because "the government knows that within one week of capturing bin Laden, 12 U.S. airplanes would be blown up," the same report stated

Well, that bit o' blackmail could explain the Clinton administration 'hands off' policy regarding bin Laden.