Body Armor-Wearing Passenger Stopped at LAX with Suitcase Full
of Weapons and Body Bags  A Chinese-born US citizen living in
Boston was stopped in LAX on his way home from Japan with a
suitcase full to bursting with a variety of weapons as well as
other odd items such as handcuffs, duct tape, masks, body bags,
and cooking tongs.  Authorities at Los Angeles International
Airport's Customs and Border Protection became suspicious when
they noticed that 28-year-old Yongda Huang Harris, who had just
arrived from Incheon, Korea, was wearing a bullet-proof vest and
flame retardant leggings.  Asked if he would like to declare
anything, Harris told the officer he had a knife in his bag, but
a search revealed he was also packing a gas mask, a biohazard
suit, "a device to repel dogs," billy clubs, a baton, leg irons,
oven mitts, an assortment of scissors, and a full set of cutlery
that included a hatchet.  He also had in his possession a
powerful Commando smoke grenade "capable of filling a
40,000-cubic-foot space with