Topic: Body Bombs

3 chapters across the catalog

Episode 407 26:24 - 27:19

407: Exploding Dog

Airport Security, Radiation and Walking Funny

New security measures are reportedly being implemented to detect non-metallic body bombs, including increased radiation levels in scanners. Officials are also allegedly training staff to look for passengers "walking funny" as a sign of surgically implanted explosives.

Episode 406 43:30 - 47:43

406: Zombie Walk

Body Bombs, Bin Laden Letters, Joe Biden, Richard Clarke

Mainstream media reports claim Al Qaeda is developing non-metallic "body bombs" surgically implanted in terrorists. Declassified letters from the Abbottabad compound suggest Bin Laden ordered the assassination of President Obama but specifically spared Vice President Joe Biden, believing Biden's perceived incompetence would lead the U.S. into crisis. Former counterterrorism official Richard Clarke compares Bin Laden's final days to Hitler in his bunker.

Episode 405 15:13 - 20:02

405: Piles of Pelicans

ABC News Body Bomb Report, Surgically Implanted Explosives

ABC News reports on a potential terror threat involving "body bombs" or explosives surgically implanted into the abdominal cavities of Al-Qaeda operatives. The report, featuring Diane Sawyer and Brian Ross, suggests these devices contain no metal to evade airport security, though the technical feasibility of such a device is questioned.