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| Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items—as our correspondent did with ease. by Jeffrey Goldberg |
Reporter repeatedly manages to transport banned items, terrorist related goods, etc through the nations airports.
Doesn't seem like we're any safer now than 2 years ago.
"Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the starting points for the Sept. 11 hijackers, failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the major air hub's three terminals."
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...screene_1.html
Or any more secure than we were in 2002
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...t-security.htm
So, today we have huge lines, long delays, must show up hours earlier than we used to have to remove our shoes, aren't allowed to carry a great many common items, can't take snapshots in the terminal, are at risk of losing our phones, pdas and laptops, all in the name of "security".
And someone wearing a McD uniform can walk in the employee entrance, catch a bag-o-bombs tossed ver the fence and blow the snot outta the place.
A search on Google for airport security failures generates over 400,000 hits.
Someone explain to me how we're so much safer than we were at 6am on 9/11/2001.
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