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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (60747)	12/9/2002 2:28:30 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

Radioactive patients set off subway alarms causing them to be strip searched like terrorists (OT chemo and radiation have the same cure rate as doing nothing. people survive IN SPITE of these treatments. NEJM May 21, 1997) newscientist.com 12:55 05 December 02 NewScientist.com news service Americans undergoing radioactive medical treatments risk setting off anti-terrorism sensors in public places, and subsequent strip searches by police, warn doctors at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. A 34-year-old patient who had been treated with radioactive iodine for Graves disease, a thyroid disorder, returned to their clinic three weeks later complaining he had been strip-searched twice in Manhattan subway stations. Christopher Buettner and Martin Surks report the case in a letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association. "Police had identified him as emitting radiation and had detained him for further questioning. This patient's experience indicates that radiation detection devices are being installed in public places in New York City and elsewhere," the doctors write. Related Stories Spore detector 'could spot anthrax attack' 25 June 2002 "Millions" of dirty bomb sources 25 June 2002 New radiation detector is very cool 17 April 2002 For more related stories search the print edition Archive Weblinks Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York City Police Department Journal of the American Medical Association US Graves Disease Foundation Buettner and Surks contacted the Terrorism Task Force of the New York City Police Department to determine how to prevent other patients being detained. A letter describing the isotope used and its dose, its biological half-life and the date and time of treatment, plus a 24-hour contact telephone number for the patient's physician should help, the police said. But even in the best-case scenario, a patient will have to wait while the contents of the letter are verified, say the doctors. "They may choose not to use public transportation to avoid this inconvenience," they write. Journal reference: Journal of the American Medical Association (vol 288, p 2687)

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (60747)	12/9/2002 2:47:32 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Well Karen if you want to compare the two, nobody is stopping you. But seriously, Hamza claims that he saw the "device" already built, meaning that his scientists knew how to build one. The only thing they lacked was enriched uranium, and this was in the early nineties. I guess the only really apt comparison would be if Cheney had tortured or threatened some MIT grads to nukeify Stanford or Princeton so that he could bestride the new Crusader Collossus as the Uber Templar you think he is. ;O}