Ripple Effects

Palestinian security officials tell TIME that hard-liners within Hamas promote the idea of breaking its tradition of targeting Israelis only and starting to hit Americans to show support for bin Laden and solidarity with Afghans. COINCIDENCE? Nabil Al-Marabh, the Boston cabdriver arrested in the post-Sept. 11 antiterror dragnet, is a subscriber of the Globe, a tabloid published from the Florida building exposed to anthrax. SMALL AND FLEET: Small airlines get more secure faster. Mesa Airlines, based in Phoenix, Ariz., was first to put trained guards on flights, while mini-carriers Frontier and JetBlue had reinforced cockpit doors by early October.