Single hair may lead to shoe bomber's engineer

An al-Qaida-linked terrorist known as The Engineer made the exploding shoes that prosecutors say Richard Reid wore in a bid to blow up a transatlantic airliner.

An al-Qaida-linked terrorist known as The Engineer made the exploding shoes that prosecutors say Richard Reid wore in a bid to blow up a transatlantic airliner.

Officials believe that whoever helped Reid may have left evidence behind, including a strand of hair and a palm print in one of his shoes.

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