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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (128674)	4/7/2004 9:41:07 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Meanwhile, stop confiscating nail clippers and start carrying neutron detectors, geiger counters etc." Radiation detectors are in place in New York's Kennedy airport. Last time I was in NYC no less than three men converged on me on 3 separate occasions in the airport and asked me what I was doing. I saw their detectors clicking away and I told them that I had had radiation treatment 6-7 weeks before for a thyroid condition. In Denmark I had a 1½" nail scissors confiscated. It had traveled with me for 15-20 years. They didn't take the metal nail file that was in the kit. Your sheep in a container with a nuke is a frightening scenario because I don't think that US ports have a way to check all the containers that come into the country. The added twist of an expected dope shipment is a very twisted and all too plausible idea. Perhaps the FBI will take your idea and do something about it.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (128674)	4/8/2004 12:36:49 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

I wonder if Warren Buffett's insurance company covers this. No. Every insurance policy I've read, which by now literally may number thousands, contains a nuclear liability exclusion, life insurance policies excepted. After 9/11, they now contain a terrorist acts exclusion, too, life policies again excepted. Insurance companies don't intend to go broke on OBL's account. They may get bankrupted anyway since their investments will suffer greatly when a nuke or a dirty nuke strikes. Your post was excellent, by the way.