Terrorism — It’s Not Just The Big Airports

Could this be a case of thinking that security at a smaller airport would be easier to breach than at JFK, Logan, Dulles, or LAX?

A West Virginia airport terminal was evacuated Thursday after two bottles of liquid found in a woman’s carry-on luggage twice tested positive for explosives, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said.

“The bomb squad is on site and the woman is being interviewed by the FBI,” Amy von Walter said.

A machine security checkpoint screeners use to test for explosives registered positive, and a canine team also got a positive hit, von Walter said.

Airport manager Larry Salyers said the bottles would be moved by robot to a remote area of the airport where officials would attempt to detonate them. National Guard and State Police explosive experts will conduct chemical field tests to determine what’s inside them, he said.

Several questions sprung to mind when I read this: Could terrorist be targeting smaller, regional airports on the assumption that security would be easier to breach? Is this connected in any way to the plot foiled in the UK? How about the woman in the flight re-routed to Logan yesterday?

We’ll have to wait for more information.

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