FBI warns shoe bombs remain a threat in air hijack plots
The FBI and U S intelligence warned law enforcement to watch for explosives hidden in shoes coats or other clothing amid the one year anniversary of Richard Reid s failed shoe bombing of an American Airlines flight Authorities cited credible information that terrorists remain interested in using shoe bombs for attacks while noting no specific plot yet FBI agents seized anti American tapes and documents in a Michigan raid and pursued other leads in Paris and Reunion Island connected to Reid s case