I Have a Flight Coming Up; May I Please Carry a Bottle of Water or Cup of Coffee Onto the Plane?

From an interesting article from The Register (UK) about the supposed liquid explosive threat:

Certainly, if we can imagine a group of jihadists smuggling the necessary chemicals and equipment on board, and cooking up TATP in the lavatory, then we've passed from the realm of action blockbusters to that of situation comedy. . . .

We've given extraordinary credit to a collection of jihadist wannabes with an exceptionally poor grasp of the mechanics of attacking a plane, whose only hope of success would have been a pure accident. They would have had to succeed in spite of their own ignorance and incompetence, and in spite of being under police surveillance for a year.

Read the entire article.

Hat tip: Wonkette