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By: Susan Harris
01/01/2012 10:41 AM ET

Man Airport Explosives Texas

Man Airport Explosives Texas ? A man was busted at the Midland International Airport with C-4 explosives in Texas and is active in the United States military but recently returned from after serving in Afghanistan.

He was attempting to pass through a security checkpoint with the potentially dangerous device that had military-grade wrapping.

TSA officials apprehended the soldier around 9:30 a.m., upon noticing a suspicious device in his carry-on during the security checkpoint.

According to the agency, they immediately shut down the area in order to remove the item from the man?s luggage and take him into custody in order to investigate the situation further.

The suspect is currently active in the US military and recently returned home from serving in Afghanistan. During this time, he was traveling with his family and visiting other relatives prior to heading back to his North Carolina base.

Authorities in Texas are continuing to investigate why the man had C-4 in his possession at the airport. However, they do not believe that our national security is under a threat.

Composition C4 is made of plasticizer, plastic binder, explosives, and commonly odorizing tagging chemicals. It can only be detonated with a combination of a shockwave and extreme heat. An advantage of this explosive is that it can be pressed into cracks, gaps and voids in bridges, buildings, machinery or equipment. In addition, it can be inserted with little effort into empty shaped charge cases like ones used by engineers in the military.

However, this could also set an example of what can happen whenexplosives fall into the wrong hands.

The bill also applies penalties against Iran's central bank in an effort to hamper Tehran's ability to fund its nuclear enrichment program. The Obama administration is looking to soften the impact of those penalties because of concerns that they could lead to a spike in global oil prices or cause economic hardship on U.S. allies that import petroleum from Iran.

In a statement accompanying his signature, the president chastised some lawmakers for what he contended was their attempts to use the bill to restrict the ability of counterterrorism officials to protect the country.

Administration officials said Obama was only signing the measure because Congress made minimally acceptable changes that no longer challenged the president's terrorism-fighting ability.

"Moving forward, my administration will interpret and implement the provisions described below in a manner that best preserves the flexibility on which our safety depends and upholds the values on which this country was founded," Obama said in the signing statement.

Signing statements allow presidents to raise constitutional objections to circumvent Congress' intent. During his campaign for the White House, Obama criticized President George W. Bush's use of signing statements and promised to make his application of the tool more transparent.

Obama's signature caps months of wrangling over how to handle captured terrorist suspects without violating Americans' constitutional rights. The White House initially threatened to veto the legislation but dropped the warning after Congress made last-minute changes.

Among the changes the administration secured was striking a provision that would have eliminated executive branch authority to use civilian courts for trying terrorism cases against foreign nationals.

The new law now requires military custody for any suspect who is a member of al-Qaida or "associated forces" and involved in planning or attempting to carry out an attack on the United States or its coalition partners. The president or a designated subordinate may waive the military custody requirement by certifying to Congress that such a move is in the interest of national security.

The administration also pushed Congress to change a provision that would have denied U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism the right to trial and could have subjected them to indefinite detention. Lawmakers eventually dropped the military custody requirement for U.S. citizens or lawful U.S. residents.

"My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens," Obama said in the signing statement. "Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a nation."

Despite the changes, officials cited serious concerns that the law will complicate and could harm the investigation of terrorism cases.

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By Ken Y-N ( December 31, 2011 at 00:52) ? Filed under Polls, Rankings

It?s a while since I?ve had a FAIL post, so here we go with the second-last post of this year, a look by goo Rankings at what New Year postcard failures people have realised after posting them.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 20th of October 2011 1,092 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.3% of the sample were male, 11.2% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 25.7% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 11.5% in their fifties, and 9.5% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

The first answer refers to when people have a death in the family, that year they will send out In Mourning postcards in late November or so to announce it, so for that year one should not send them a card. My wife accidentally sent one this year, but she didn?t seem terribly bothered by the affair. I also nearly send out some without my name and address, but I caught it in time! I also wrote a rather sarcastic message to a boss this year, but wife refused to let me send it?

Ranking result

Q: What New Year postcard failures have you realised you?d made after posting them? (Sample size=1,092)

Rank ? Score
1 Sent it to someone in mourning 100
2 Sent it to an old address, and got it returned with Addressee Unknown 80.2
3 Sent two cards to the same person 39.6
4 Sent a New Year card after the 7th of January 29.8
5 Wrote a casual or otherwise inappropriate greeting to someone of higher status 21.8
6 Wrote a message to someone else on the card 18.3
7 Got the year wrong 16.9
8 Sent a fancily-designed card meant for friends or colleagues to someone of higher status 9.8
9 Got the Chinese zodiac animal wrong 8.8
10 Sent wedding, birth, etc details to someone I didn?t plan to inform 8.6
11 Added ?sama? to an organisation name (ie ?Mr What Japan Thinks?) 7.3
12 Added ?onchuu? to a person?s name (ie ?Ken Y-N and Co) 6.4
13 Send a card with a photo of my pet to someone who hates animals 4.2

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Q: What New Year postcard failures have you realised you?d made after posting them? (Sample size=1,092)

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Rank	?	Score
1	Sent it to someone in mourning	100
2	Sent it to an old address, and got it returned with Addressee Unknown	80.2
3	Sent two cards to the same person	39.6
4	Sent a New Year card after the 7th of January	29.8
5	Wrote a casual or otherwise inappropriate greeting to someone of higher status	21.8
6	Wrote a message to someone else on the card	18.3
7	Got the year wrong	16.9
8	Sent a fancily-designed card meant for friends or colleagues to someone of higher status	9.8
9	Got the Chinese zodiac animal wrong	8.8
10	Sent wedding, birth, etc details to someone I didn?t plan to inform	8.6
11	Added ?sama? to an organisation name (ie ?Mr What Japan Thinks?)	7.3
12	Added ?onchuu? to a person?s name (ie ?Ken Y-N and Co)	6.4
13	Send a card with a photo of my pet to someone who hates animals	4.2