CHARLES ANGELICH wrote in a message to ALL:

 CA> Where else would this be a 'good idea' to begin with? LOL

 CA> http://www.freep.com/news/nw/france6e_20041206.htm 

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 CA> French security policy bombs 

 CA> Plastic explosives used to teach dogs get lost in luggage 

 CA> December 6, 2004 

 CA> BY JAMEY KEATEN ASSOCIATED PRESS 

 CA> PARIS -- French police ended their practice Sunday of hiding
 CA> plastic explosives in air passengers' luggage to train
 CA> bomb-sniffing dogs after one such bag got lost, possibly ending up
 CA> on a flight out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. 

 CA> The luggage police used Friday for the exercise has yet to turn up.
 CA> Three flights that arrived in Los Angeles and New York were
 CA> searched, but it was not found. 

Especially since this isn't the first time such a thing has happened -- I
heard about a similar incident in Canada not all that long ago.  You'd
think they would learn?

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