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That reminds me of something that often crosses my mind. Last summer I went over the Canadian border (and back) with a truck load of doubles, deco bottles and various electronics. The Canadians asked a couple of questions, but I just put on my stupid Yankee face and got right through. Coming back, the guy just saw my scuba plate and seemed annoyed when I wanted to volunteer information. Now, I wonder how long it would take me to get across. Wendell Udo Rotmistrenko wrote: >This is actually interesting. Some of the guys in here know that my >office is on Wall Street in NYC. > >Wednesday morning, on my way to work, I have to go over Brooklyn Bridge. >They have now checkpoints because of the terrorist threats to attack NYC >landmarks and B'klyn Bridge. > >Anyway, I am being stopped in my Chevy Tahoe and the cop tried to look >through the tinted glass in the rear and didn't see anything. > >Now, I had the cover pulled over MY double 104 steel tanks! I was glad >that I didn't have to explain that the most dangerous material was >enriched air... otherwise, they may have arrested me. > >Good on one hand, because I did not get into trouble, bad on the other >hand... I could have been a terrorist smuggling in tanks filled with >something totally else... > >Anyway... later > >Udo > > > >"G. A." wrote: > > >>A quote from MSNBC: >> >>"Meanwhile, in an FBI bulletin sent to state and local law enforcement >>agencies, the agency warned that "various terrorist elements have sought to >>develop an offensive scuba diver capability." >> A U.S. law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, >>said the warning came from interviews with detainees and documents recovered >>in terrorism investigations. But this official declined to offer more >>details. >> The scuba warning, which the FBI said was based on uncorroborated and >>unsubstantiated information, cautioned that while "there is no evidence of >>operational planning to utilize scuba divers to carry out attacks within the >>United States, there is a body of information showing the desire to obtain >>such capability." >> >>http://www.msnbc.com/news/755454.asp?0bl=-0 >> >>There is an obvious capability to cause great harm from mining ships and >>dams, I think, and on a rebreather noone above would be the wiser? Scary >>stuff. What about nuclear plants' cooling water intake/exhaust? >> >>Does this mean interrogate everyone getting fills and check ID's? >>:-) (not to laugh at a serious matter though) >> >>Gene Avakyan >> >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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