So, terrorists were just going to whip up some handy-dandy explosives?

[gridlore]

Not so fast. Instant explosives from household chemicals are found only in old tapes of MacGuvyer, as this excellent blog points out in some detail.

Thanks to the mdlbear for the link.

Comments

[kengr]

Ethyl nitrate is another possibility. And it's apt to be just as tricky to make in practice.

BTW, my thought from the start about the ban was that for anything in a *beverage* container, making the person take a swig is all the testing you really need.

[mdlbear]

It was apparently going to be transported in soft drink bottles with false bottoms.