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Originally Posted by Kevin
She had two handfuls of playdough. I'm assuming to simulate plastique.
There were wires coming out of the laptop.
It's a federal crime (a misdemeanor) to even joke to airline personnel about having a bomb. The possession of a device made to appear to be a bomb? That can possibly be a felony.
Now you tell me -- was what she constructed -- a circuit board with wires coming out of it going into two fistfuls of playdough made to resemble a circuit board or a bomb? Consider the venue.
Did the cops overreact? It's hard to say. In a post-9/11 world, I'm not certain overreaction is possible. If the device was constructed to give the appearance of a bomb, that's a crime. Maybe just a misdemeanor, but it's a crime.
Here's the law I think she's charged under:
-- the act prohibited of course has to do with bomb making/possession, etc.
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A 19 year old female M.I.T. student was arrested at gunpoint after entering Boston's Logan International Airport with what authorities claim was "a fake bomb" strapped to her chest, according to wire reports. The device is said to have been some kind of computer circuit board with Play-Doh and wires attached, strapped over her black hoodie. Link to AP report on her arrest.
The young woman is identified as Star Simpson, shown in the image above left, and she is a sophomore from Hawaii.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/21...-arrested.html
and then you have to take this in exception also:
same place:
The city was the focus of a major security scare Jan. 31 when dozens of battery-powered devices were discovered in various locations. Bomb squads were deployed and some transportation links were closed temporarily. They turned out to be a promotion for the Cartoon Network.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...b_N.htm?csp=34
want the smoking gun?
watch the video for the cops' side of the story:
http://usatoday.feedroom.com/index.j...terstitialskip
nice lil part where they asked her to stop and she kept on going....hmmmm