Well, Mark, if you were G. W.Bush, what would you do to allay the public's fears and get back into office? If you were seen to be doing nothing, and another terrorist attack occurred which could have been prevented by searching baggage, you would be out on your ear.
In San Francisco last year, I lost a small swiss army knife to a preflight search because I accidentally had it in my hand luggage (We had transferred some gear from our cases to our hand luggage to reduce their weight) so searching/Xraying does work. PeterS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Securing Gliders - Was "The list is... alive!" > Mark Newton wrote: > > > The "Dirty bomb." Words fail me. > > Bruce Schneier has some things to say about this today too: > Since the US started putting geiger counters in their ports, they've > had over 10,000 false alarms, about five of 'em per day. The > Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection reckons that's proof > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
