More like this     Yes, there was a viable liquid bomb plot
Jury gives bomb makers benefit of doubt on target  So the
verdicts are in - or not in. The "liquid bomb" plot trial is at
least on hold, possibly finished altogether.  A British jury has
decided that three men are guilty of conspiracy to murder and
cause explosions, but refused to convict them of conspiring to
blow up airliners in flight. A further four men have pled guilty
to conspiring to cause a public nuisance, and the jury declined
to convict them on murder or blowing-up-aircraft charges. These
other four were never charged with conspiracy to cause
explosions, never having been conclusively linked to bomb
manufacture. A further defendant was found not guilty on all
charges.  A lot of people will see these verdicts as proof that
the "liquid bomb" airliner plot was never feasible. Sure, some
of the accused were planning to cause explosions - they have
admitted as much, saying they intended to let off a small bomb
inside a Heathrow terminal as a p