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To: stevemunk who wrote (291331)	7/20/2004 2:18:57 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

How much time do I get to take this test? As long as you like. In fairness though, the correct answers shouldn't be the same letter (b) in every question <G>, but should randomized so real historical knowledge is measured. [The "givaway" for me was Pee Wee Herman and Hillory Clinton, I deduced the correct answer was (b) in each case -g-] Looks as if the UK has some airports security concerns too. I'm one of those nervous flyers anyway, was it the soviets who gave the terrorists stinger missiles? We should of at least charged money for them news.ft.com Probe to ask why security file found by road By Rohit Jaggi, Social Affairs Correspondent Published: July 20 2004 5:00 \| Last Updated: July 20 2004 5:00 Police have launched an urgent inquiry into how secret counter-terrorist plans for the defence of Heathrow airport came to be found by the side of a road. David Blunkett, home secretary, said that a dossier detailing sites vulnerable to missile attack, evacuation plans and police patrols appeared to be genuine. The file, reportedly dated last month and valid until the end of the year, was found by a motorist near London's Heathrow airport and handed to The Sun newspaper. Mr Blunkett said the plans, reported to have been compiled by the SO18 Aviation Security group of London's Metropolitan police, "were obviously very good". He told BBC radio that a probe would look into how the document was lost. The Met said yesterday that the documents had been returned but it had launched an internal inquiry. Security around airports such as Heathrow has been stepped up since the September 2001 attacks by hijacked airliners on New York and Washington. The secret file reportedly contained details of sites that would give a terrorist a clear missile shot at arriving or departing aircraft. Heat-seeking missiles, able to detect and target an airliners' engine exhausts, can be fired in the direction of an aircraft using a shoulder launcher, with a likelihood of damaging the target estimated at 70 per cent.