Bomb expert: Attack 'easily' one-man job
April 16, 2013 12:24
The Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured 144 may have been virtually impossible to prevent, security experts said.
"When the terrorist has planned an attack and they're going to utilize an IED as their weapons of strategic influence, it's hard to stop that in a free and open society,' said Grant Haber, a security consultant who runs the firm American 'Innovations. "It's difficult. Where we can do a better job is focusing our efforts via a whole-of-government approach, and focus our 'efforts on gaining a better control on homemade explosive precursors.' Read the full story here.
Pic: The eight-year-old boy, one of three, who died in the attack.
"When the terrorist has planned an attack and they're going to utilize an IED as their weapons of strategic influence, it's hard to stop that in a free and open society,' said Grant Haber, a security consultant who runs the firm American 'Innovations. "It's difficult. Where we can do a better job is focusing our efforts via a whole-of-government approach, and focus our 'efforts on gaining a better control on homemade explosive precursors.' Read the full story here.
Pic: The eight-year-old boy, one of three, who died in the attack.
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