The Car Bomb Conundrum

(U.S. News)Samantha Levine - Terrorists have long viewed vehicle bombs as "one of the best tools to breach security," warned the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on July 30. This year, under the requirements of the Patriot Act, the Transportation Security Administration checked the names of the country's 2.7 million truckers qualified to carry hazardous materials. Twenty-nine are now under federal investigation. Authorities continue to search for some missing commercial buses and an empty gas tanker truck stolen in Pennsauken, N.J., in early April.


2004-08-24 00:00:00

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