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For years, Iraqi security forces have been using the ADE-651, a device its inventor said could detect humans, elephants, 100-dollar bills, explosives, and practically anything else, if the right detection card was inserted. Iraqis used the devices to find bombs, paying $85 million to purchase hundreds of them at $40,000 apiece. The devices also went to security forces in 20 countries including Pakistan, Thailand, and Lebanon.
The inventor, James McCormick, assured Iraqi officials that the detector worked and that it uses the same principles behind dowsing. That should have been a clue.
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