It was pointed at the lock and a separate piece of x-ray sensitive film was used to read the scatter.

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If they understood that a critical piece of the lock was subject to a magnetic field, then why did they not design it differently?

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He said that "another important piece will be for Libya to really lock down the nearby border on their side, " so personnel and weapons cannot get through.

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