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without detection, it is an excellent way for a bomb to be placed (see
Exhibit 7.4). If attackers can gain access to the trunk, they can pack a large
quantity of explosive material inside. The unsuspecting driver may drive it
into a targeted facility. Since this type of bomb takes more time to install
than the ones already discussed, the attackers will need to operate in a closed
or secluded place where nobody can see them. It may also be accom-
plished in a parking garage where you leave your keys with the attendant.
While the risk for the attack-
ers is higher and requires
them to be more sophisti-
cated in their techniques,
this method has been used
when the objective has been
to deliver a bomb into a
secure facility. It is easier to
have a bomb driven into a
secure location inside a car
familiar to the security force
than inside one that is not.
For example, an employee
driving to work each day in the same car will likely pass through security
without inspection. In most government facilities, even secure locations,
security generally either wave through familiar vehicles driven by recog-
nized individuals or perform a perfunctory check of a picture ID. Neither
of us has ever had our vehicle inspected by security anywhere. Once we
have shown our ID, we have always been waved right through the guard
gate. The same is true for thousands upon thousands of federal agents,
intelligence analysts, military officers, and others with unfettered access to
sensitive facilities. As a rule, agents and military personnel are not given
instruction in the methods of securing their private or issued vehicles. It
would not be especially difficult to place explosives in an agent's car and
have the agent unwittingly deliver it inside a sensitive facility.
However, since the object is to bomb a facility, the attackers use a large
amount of explosive material. Therefore, it is easy to find when you open
the trunk of the car. Furthermore, even without checking the trunk, aware
and alert drivers can simply feel the extra weight in their trunk by the
change in the handling characteristics of the vehicle.
It is somewhat more difficult to find a bomb that has been placed
in the engine compartment, but a little training can solve that problem.
Exhibit 7.4
Bomb inside Trunk
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