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New terrorist laptop bombs may evade airport security, intel sources say
)US intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that ISIS and other terrorist organizations have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that FBI testing shows can evade some commonly used airport security screening methods, CNN has learned.
Heightening the concern is US intelligence suggesting that terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport security equipment to test how to effectively conceal explosives in laptops and other electronic devices.
The intelligence, gathered in the last several months, played a significant role in the Trump administration's decision to prohibit travelers flying out of 10 airports in eight countries in the Middle East and Africa from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices aboard planes.
First on CNN: New terrorist laptop bombs may evade airport security, intel sources say - CNNPolitics.com
And here the left called Trump a bigot over this decision .
Critics question motives behind laptop ban on planes
Coming after efforts to restrict travel from several Muslim nations, the laptop ban is seen by some as another attempt to keep Muslims away.
Washington - Critics are questioning the motives behind the decision by the United States and the United Kingdom to ban electronic devices such as laptops from cabin luggage on flights originating from several Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Coming after efforts by President Donald Trump to restrict travel from several Muslim nations in the Middle East and Africa into the US, the laptop ban is seen by some as another attempt to keep Muslims away. “This fits right in with that the administration has been doing,” Ismael Ahmed, a member of the board of directors at the Washington-based Arab American Institute, said. “It fits right in with the Muslim ban.”
Critics question motives behind laptop ban on planes
)US intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that ISIS and other terrorist organizations have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that FBI testing shows can evade some commonly used airport security screening methods, CNN has learned.
Heightening the concern is US intelligence suggesting that terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport security equipment to test how to effectively conceal explosives in laptops and other electronic devices.
The intelligence, gathered in the last several months, played a significant role in the Trump administration's decision to prohibit travelers flying out of 10 airports in eight countries in the Middle East and Africa from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices aboard planes.
First on CNN: New terrorist laptop bombs may evade airport security, intel sources say - CNNPolitics.com
And here the left called Trump a bigot over this decision .
Critics question motives behind laptop ban on planes
Coming after efforts to restrict travel from several Muslim nations, the laptop ban is seen by some as another attempt to keep Muslims away.
Washington - Critics are questioning the motives behind the decision by the United States and the United Kingdom to ban electronic devices such as laptops from cabin luggage on flights originating from several Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Coming after efforts by President Donald Trump to restrict travel from several Muslim nations in the Middle East and Africa into the US, the laptop ban is seen by some as another attempt to keep Muslims away. “This fits right in with that the administration has been doing,” Ismael Ahmed, a member of the board of directors at the Washington-based Arab American Institute, said. “It fits right in with the Muslim ban.”
Critics question motives behind laptop ban on planes
