[Vision2020] Is That a Grenade in Your Pocket?

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (August 23, 2006) Chicago Sun-Times -

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Is that a grenade in your pocket? 
August 23, 2006

BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter 

Mardin Azad Amin found himself in a tight squeeze last week when security at
O'Hare Airport discovered a suspicious-looking object in his luggage.

So, Amin, 29, handled the delicate situation this way: He told security the
object was a bomb, Cook County prosecutors say.

The security guard then asked Amin to repeat what he'd said to a supervisor.
This time, Amin was chuckling as he spoke, prosecutors say.

In fact, Amin was trying to disguise the fact that the black object --
resembling a grenade -- was a component for a penis pump.

All the same, Amin was charged with felony disorderly conduct and faces up
to three years in prison if convicted, said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with
the Cook County state's attorney's office. Amin is due in court today for a
preliminary hearing, Conklin said.

Amin eventually told investigators he'd lied about the object's true use
because his mother was standing nearby when the object was discovered and he
didn't want her to know about it, Cook County Assistant State's Attorney
Lorraine Scaduto said during a bond hearing last week.

The incident occurred Aug. 16 as Amin was set to catch a flight to Turkey,
Scaduto said.

Amin has no known criminal history, Scaduto said.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." 

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