The moment that one of these bombs goes off on an airplane, the futility of the TSA’s new scan-and-grope procedures will be abundantly clear even to the thickest of the learned analysts. But will there then be a shift toward a more intelligent security policy? Probably not.

“‘Frankenbombers’: Al Qaeda hatches plot to implant explosives into suicide bombers,” by James White for the Daily Mail, December 6 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):

Al-Qaeda fanatics may be planning a horrific ‘Frankenbomber’ suicide attack by implanting explosives into a human body.Defence analysts logged conversations between users of a online forum in which Muslim extremists debate terrorism methods which could beat new US aviation security checks.

The alarming posts included one by a user who claimed to be a surgeon, promising a ‘new kind of terrorism’.

It called on bomb makers and doctors to create the perfect solution to murder ‘larger numbers of unbelievers and apostates.’

The post said: ‘What is your opinion about surgeries through which I can implant the bomb… inside the operative’s body?

‘I am waiting for the interaction of the experienced brothers to connect the two sciences together and produce a new kind of terrorism, Allah willing.’…