It’s possible that the Navy Seal team that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1 carried communication equipment made by L-3 Communications. It’s also possible that if you were a U.S. airline passenger that Sunday, you passed through the L-3 ProVision Millimeter Wave Checkpoint Screening System–the controversial body scanner being installed in airports across the country. L-3 was in the security business before 9/11. But the New York City–based company is one of many to benefit from the rising demand for the communications and surveillance equipment used to combat terrorism. If one of bin Laden’s goals was to disrupt or destroy…
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