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Explosives in the form of paper, or concealed in a medicine-sized bottle and looking like salt. Tiny electric detonators. Security agents at the main airport in Paris are trained to detect all manner of increasingly sophisticated devices that could doom a flight.<\/p>\n

But the chilling reality is that security is ultimately fallible.<\/p>\n

“The infinitely perfect does not exist,” said Sylvain Prevost, who trains airport personnel seeking the coveted red badge that allows them access to the airport’s restricted areas.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: EgyptAir’s social media accounts turn black to mourn victims of MS804<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That is especially true when 85,000 people at Charles de Gaulle airport hold red badges, which are good for three years, and many of them work for a host of private companies. Add to the mix, concern over religious extremism in an age of increasing radicalization that can transform people within months. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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