Men with 'highly sensitive' cameras arrested at airport

The men were preparing to board a flight to Beijing at
the Los Angeles International Airport.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Two men attempting to board a plane to China with nearly a dozen sensitive infrared cameras in their luggage were arrested on Saturday, a federal official said.

Federal agents stopped the pair on the jetway as they were preparing to board the flight to Beijing.

The men had been in the United States for about a week, said Rick Weir, assistant special agent in charge of the Los Angeles office of the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. full story