"Bono and Bill Gates would be prevented from smuggling
a nuke into the US, but a terrorist with a nuke in a Gulfstream who
takes off from a remote airfield in Africa or Latin America ...
would have no problem getting it to DC. Let's just hope the
terrorists fly out of (London's) Heathrow."
Source: Homeland security consultant Randall
Larsen. The growing number of business jets outside North America
looks like a security threat to Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff, who fears terrorists could exploit general aviation to
bring in a dirty bomb or biological weapons. DHS will soon
undertake a sweeping review of airport security screening over the
next 30 to 45 days, to try to ease passenger hassles, but also to
focus more on the threat o