These “dry runs” have been traced back to a single 60 year old woman with leaking ice packs wrapped in clear tape and two packages of bulk cheese. Some “dry run”.

Since the ice packs appeared to be tampered with I have no problems with the baggage inspectors taking her aside and questioning her, as they did. Since this “threat” could be easily explained I do have a big problem with this being put out to the public as something it wasn’t and it surely wasn’t a “dry run” of bin Laden terrorists.

Playing the fear card at every opportunity only means that when something does happen it too will be treated as the boy who cried wolf too many times and not be taken seriously.