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Imagine the following scenario:

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A shipping company takes note of an

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unusual amount of phenol, a poisonous

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chemical that when combined with two

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other chemicals can be used as a very

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potent explosive, that was scheduled to

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be shipped to a residential address from

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an out-of-state chemical company. The

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shipping company views the shipment to a

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residential address as unusual. After a

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follow up call to the out-of-state

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chemical company, both businesses agree

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that the chemical should not be shipped

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to the address, and instead decide to

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report their concerns to local law

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enforcement. Following receipt of the

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call, an officer is dispatched to the

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shipping company to assess the situation.

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The responding officer creates a report

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which includes the call from the

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business and the suspicious nature of

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the shipment, and shares it with his

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supervisor. Both agree that this

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information should be reported to the

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FBI. Members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism

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Task Force (or JTTF) alleged that the

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person who ordered the phenol was trying

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to pass himself off as a university

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student doing research on cleaning

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products in order to buy the phenol.

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Investigation reveals that this person

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had already purchased the additional

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chemicals needed to make a bomb. Clocks

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and cell phones had been disassembled,

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and christmas-light wires had been

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stripped in apparent attempts to fashion

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timers and initiating devices. This event

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was real, and involved Khalid Ali-M

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Adawsari, a 20 year old man living in

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Lubbock, Texas.

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Further investigation by the FBI

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revealed Aldawsari's targets which

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included both dams and electrical plants,

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as well as plans to conceal explosives

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in baby dolls and carriages. Aldawsari

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was convicted of one count of attempted

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use of a weapon of mass destruction. The

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observation and reporting of the

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suspicious activity were critical in the

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investigation, arrest, and eventual

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conviction of Aldawsari. Through the use

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of the SAR process, a would-be terrorist

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attempt to build a bomb and cause
widespread destruction was prevented.