'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test

**leejo** · 03-28-2006, 10:39 AM

from http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/27/D8GK83AG6.html

Quote:

Undercover investigators slipped radioactive material _ enough to make two small "dirty bombs" _ across U.S. borders in Texas and Washington state in a test last year of security at American points of entry.

Radiation alarms at the unidentified sites detected the small amounts of cesium-137, a nuclear material used in industrial gauges. But U.S. customs agents permitted the investigators to enter the United States because they were tricked with counterfeit documents.

I guess the good news is that they were detected, but the bad news is that it didn't matter.

Edit: Ack wrong link! Fixed it.

xTYBALTx · 03-28-2006, 11:20 AM

Want to sneak radioactive material into the US? Just hide it in a brick of marijuana. At least that was the joke in my Drug Policy class six years ago.

Acid · 03-28-2006, 11:41 AM

The US borders are so immense it is easy to slip stuff in if you really wanted to.

perry · 03-28-2006, 12:58 PM

Ahh.. social engineering. Kevin Mitnick would be proud!

**leejo** · 03-28-2006, 01:30 PM

I don't follow. What's the connection you see?

perry · 03-28-2006, 01:57 PM

That's how Mitnick did a lot of his hacking/cracking/breaking and entering.. through social engineering. Convinced people that he was suppose to have the password, so they gave him the password. That's how the investigators got their dirty bombs past the border.. through social engineering.

Sounds like it wasn't the technology that broke down, as the radioactive stuff was detected, but the individual Border Patrol agents were fooled. "Hey, you have some radioactive crap! Stop!" "Yea, yea, this stuff is legal, here's our papers." "These papers look fake." "No, they're real, I work for the TLA agency." "Oh, ok, come on in." The people are the weak link in the chain.

**leejo** · 03-28-2006, 02:12 PM

I completely agree. I don't blame the individuals completely. Seems like a lot more communication needs to be built into the system.

**GhostintheShell** · 03-28-2006, 07:42 PM

Based on the number of sandbox posts, I have come to the conclusion that leejo is actually not a real person but some type some type of advanced-AI-RSS feed.

TychoCelchuuu · 03-28-2006, 07:51 PM

Or like 3 people.

03-28-2006, 11:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
xTYBALTx Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,919	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test Want to sneak radioactive material into the US? Just hide it in a brick of marijuana. At least that was the joke in my Drug Policy class six years ago. __________________ A policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy. -F.A. Hayek "$250,000 a year won't get me to Central Park West." Last edited by xTYBALTx; 03-28-2006 at 11:49 AM.

03-28-2006, 11:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Acid Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Posts: 3,581	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test The US borders are so immense it is easy to slip stuff in if you really wanted to. __________________

03-28-2006, 12:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
perry Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,494	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test Ahh.. social engineering. Kevin Mitnick would be proud! __________________ Battlefield Admin(BF2 Rules) (BF2142 Rules) [volun2][medic][defense3][eng2][support] [sg-c1][gchq-c1][tog-c1][ma-c1][taw-c1][tg-c2] Support TG \| Write for TacticalWiki \| BF2 Sig. Generator \| TS Help

03-28-2006, 01:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
leejo Join Date: Sep 2003 Age: 39 Posts: 7,839	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test I don't follow. What's the connection you see?

03-28-2006, 01:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
perry Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,494	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test That's how Mitnick did a lot of his hacking/cracking/breaking and entering.. through social engineering. Convinced people that he was suppose to have the password, so they gave him the password. That's how the investigators got their dirty bombs past the border.. through social engineering. Sounds like it wasn't the technology that broke down, as the radioactive stuff was detected, but the individual Border Patrol agents were fooled. "Hey, you have some radioactive crap! Stop!" "Yea, yea, this stuff is legal, here's our papers." "These papers look fake." "No, they're real, I work for the TLA agency." "Oh, ok, come on in." The people are the weak link in the chain. __________________ Battlefield Admin(BF2 Rules) (BF2142 Rules) [volun2][medic][defense3][eng2][support] [sg-c1][gchq-c1][tog-c1][ma-c1][taw-c1][tg-c2] Support TG \| Write for TacticalWiki \| BF2 Sig. Generator \| TS Help

03-28-2006, 02:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
leejo Join Date: Sep 2003 Age: 39 Posts: 7,839	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test I completely agree. I don't blame the individuals completely. Seems like a lot more communication needs to be built into the system.

03-28-2006, 07:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
GhostintheShell Join Date: May 2003 Location: Guelph, Ontario Age: 37 Posts: 963	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test Based on the number of sandbox posts, I have come to the conclusion that leejo is actually not a real person but some type some type of advanced-AI-RSS feed. __________________ Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter. Ernest Hemingway, "On the Blue Water," Esquire, April 1936

03-28-2006, 07:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
TychoCelchuuu Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 19 Posts: 1,776	Re: 'Dirty Bombs' Crossed U.S. Borders in Test Or like 3 people. __________________ \|TG-Irr\|TychoCelchuuu

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