June 7, 2007: US Agents Reportedly Test Smuggling Explosives into G8 Summit in Germany

Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports that US agents were intercepted by German police trying to enter the highly secure enclosure surrounding the G8 summit taking place in Heilingendamm, Germany, with explosive material. “[S]ources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that US security men tested German security by trying to smuggle C4 plastic explosive past a checkpoint at Heiligendamm. German surveillance machinery detected the tiny stash in a suitcase in a car and the Americans in plainclothes then identified themselves. German police declined comment.” [Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Hamburg), 6/7/2007]