MaggieD
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The Green Beret accused of attempting to smuggle explosives through a Texas airport on New Year's Eve had already been, just a week before, caught allegedly attempting to get a live smoke grenade on another commercial flight, law enforcement officials told ABC News. Special Forces Sgt. Trey Scott Atwater, 30, was detained in a Midland, Texas, airport after security discovered two packages over a pound each in Atwater's carry-on luggage labeled as C-4 explosives, according to an account provided by law enforcement officials. Atwater, who was traveling with his wife and two children, was not carrying the initiator or detonators that are required for the C-4 to explode.
When interviewed by the FBI while in custody, Atwater, an explosives expert in the elite U.S. Army unit, said he simply forgot he had the C-4 on him and must have carried them on an earlier flight from Fayetteville, North Carolina, officials said.
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According to officials who reviewed an internal security report, TSA officials in Fayetteville said they doubt Atwater had carried the C-4 on a previous Dec. 24 flight from Fayetteville. The report said that Atwater was stopped that day after security screeners discovered a live smoke grenade in his carry-on, but after a thorough search, no other suspicious material was found.
Atwater is scheduled to appear in court later today where he will be arraigned on charges relating to both the Dec. 31 C-4 discovery and the Dec. 24 smoke grenade incident, authorities said.
The Green Beret accused of attempting to smuggle explosives through a Texas airport on New Year's Eve had already been, just a week before, caught allegedly attempting to get a live smoke grenade on another commercial flight, law enforcement officials told ABC News.
I forgot I had condoms in my suitcase when I came home and my mom unpacked my stuff without my knowledge. However, those are easily hidden and don't weigh a lot. I don't see how you can forgot you had a pound of labeled C4 though. Oh well, time will tell.
you don't just pack and huff that stuff around.
1 lb isn't that heavy...
Maybe you don't...
Anyone else find this rather chilling? How does one accidentally carry explosives in their luggage? IMO, a Green Beret/Special Forces guy doesn't make this kind of mistake. I think he's in serious need of a mental health evaluation...before something else happens.
You?Green Beret in Airport Explosives Incident Accused of Earlier Violation - ABC News
Rambo-style gun fugitive kills himself after shooting dead US park ranger - mirror.co.uk
Maybe we should hurry up and find them another war to fight(preferably overseas).
Just for the record though: having soldiers who pose with their weapons is so commonplace it really isn't a concern to me - it's behavior, attitude, mental condition that seem common among those who end up that way. Not pride.
Extremely commonplace. So commonplace that it is almost a standing order.
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