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A college student by the name of Nathaniel Heatwole, age 20, told authorities he placed box cutters and other banned items aboard two airliners to test security. Heatwole told federal agents he went through normal security procedures at airports in Baltimore and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Once aboard, he said he hid the banned items in compartments in the planes’ rear lavatories. Heatwole was charged with taking a dangerous weapon aboard an aircraft (Klug). Nathanial Heatwole expressed himself through very intense and serious political participation seeking to influence government and policy. His actions were extremely unconventional. Bringing bags aboard an aircraft containing box-cutters, modeling clay made to look like plastic explosives, matches and bleach hidden in sunscreen bottles is an uncommon political behavior. His aim was to challe