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'Bogus' Bomb Detectors Fail to Spot Real Bomb

(Feb. 22) -- A bomb went off today in a market in Thailand that had just been scanned by a bomb detector that critics claim is nothing more than a scam. The incident follows several weeks of growing controversy in the Thai government over the GT200 bomb detector, which was exposed last month by the BBC as...

Brit Arrested for Selling 'Useless' Bomb Detectors

LONDON (Jan. 25) – The boss of a British company that sold $85 million worth of "totally ineffective" explosives-detecting equipment to Iraq was arrested this weekend on fraud charges, and exports of his company's devices to Iraq and Afghanistan have been banned. Some campaigners have questioned why action was not...

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02/10/11 Man bailed in bomb detection probe Source: Stornoway Gazette A Merseyside man arrested by detectives investigating the supply and sale of allegedly ineffective bomb detecting devices to Iraq and Afghanistan has been released on bail, police have said.
01/03/11 2010 Dispatches From the Edge Awards Source: The Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley CA Each year the column Dispatches From The Edge awards news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of "Are you serious?"

Background on Ade651

The ADE 651 is a hand-held device produced by ATSC (UK), which claims the device can detect from a distance the presence and location of various types of explosives, drugs, and other substances.

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