Remember my ruminations, concerns, even alarm at the possibility that El Quaida terrorists would target
the Golden Gate Bridge in SF?

I think I posted this a few weeks ago.

I speculated that an 18-wheeler
Kenworth tractor-trailer packed with
40 tons of high-explosive driven onto that bridge during "rush hour" could kill over 1000 people, and wreck that bridge?

Seems the good Governer of California
has heeded a warning of the real possibility of this happening.
Do you suppose that he logs on
Habitablezone.com</> on occasion?...
NAAAH!!! HE'S TOO BUSY!!!
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AN ASIDE: How would terrorists get hold of 40-tons of explosive anyway,
considering supplies & suppliers of nitric-acid and ammonium nitrate 'fertilizer' are being closely monitored and scrutinized by your BATF, FBI, and my RCMP.

THE ANSWER? Mexico...or possible some
Central American countries.

Terrorists may use bribery, theft, or 'deals' with druglords, or even manufacturing it in some rented warehouse in Tijuana to obtain the necessary explosives and the
delivery trucks {tractor-trailors} too.
The acquisition of tons of nitric acid
or ammonium nitrate, by whatever means, would be ALOT EASIER in those countries than in the states.

How do you get it past US Customs?

(1) Have a fake Mexican truckdriver's
license and fake Mexican or Central American passport on your person.

(2) Learn to speak and read a passible
amount of Spanish.

(3) Look and dress like a Mexican or Central American [A middle-eastern terrorist passing off as a Central American or Mexican?...Can it be done?...Hmmmm...].
The US Customs people better brush up on their basic anthropology .

(4) Make sure your truck has the
appropriately fake license plates,
stickers and documents.

(5) Make sure you can pass your
deadly cargo off as something innocuous like [example] bags of cement-mix or barrels of industrial soda ash, corn mash, etc...Have the necessary fake cargo manifest handy.

(6) Throw in a few crates of grounded chili peppers to throw off the scent of US Customs "bomb-sniffing dogs". Remember the movie, "Cool Hand Luke"?

(7) And once you, the terrorists,
have driven your explosive-laden trucks
into the USA, across the Mexican border, seek out a remote spot at night in say the Mojave Desert to mix that Ammonium nitrate with Diesel Oil
in your truck's trailer.

(8)THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART!
I'M NOT INFORMING YOU HOW TO CARRY OUT A TERRORIST PLOT, I'M INFORMING YOU
HOW THEY MAY DO IT!...If you feel
I've done something irresponsible by
posting this info, I'm not!
I'm hoping that if one of you knows
someone working in the US CUSTOMS, or serving with the FBI, BATF, contact them
and "cut & paste" and send them this HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO for all our benefit.

Thanks.

Jacob