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City can do only so much to stop "bicycle bomber"

How do you stop a guy on a bicycle who sets off a bomb in the middle of the night at the "crossroads of the world?" You just might not be able to, at least not in a free society, according to security experts.

The bicycle bomber has everything going for him -- he strikes when most of the city is asleep, he gets around on something that's easy to maneuver, and he appears to be in no rush to...

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