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Whoops.

This, I think, constitutes a "boner". From the Boston Globe via Boston.com (I'm going to post the whole thing since it's short and links to boston.com frequently don't work):

State police lose plastic explosives during drill

By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff, and Andrew Ryan, Globe Correspondent

State police hid eight ounces of plastic explosives on the back bumper of a truck Wednesday night during a drill for bomb sniffing dogs at Logan International Airport.

Before the drill had been finished, however, a Massport employee drove off in the white pickup truck, unaware that a clump of the explosive Semtex had been slapped on the back. The employee only drove about 1.5 miles, according Lieutenant Sharon Costine, but it was far enough for clay-like explosive to fall.

State Police today were still searching for the Semtex, which they say can’t explode without an ignition device, Costine said.

"It isn't dangerous if you bump it or if you drop it," Costine said. "We are still looking for it."

I guess it's not very much Semtex, but still--with cops like these, who needs terrorists?

posted by dan @ 4:15 PM