http://blog.laptopmag.com/airport-screening-what-is-it-good-for News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.laptopmag.com/airport-screening-what-is-it-good-for/comment-page-1#comment-18103 Glenn Waring Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:05:54 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8452#comment-18103 It is theater. They check 100% of the of the passengers and their belongings but only physically check 5% of cargo. They have a "know your shipper policy". Again it's a theatrical staging to allow companies like GE to make billions of dollars and to have a federal agency who's job it is to keep us scared as citizens. It is theater. They check 100% of the of the passengers and their belongings but only physically check 5% of cargo. They have a “know your shipper policy”. Again it’s a theatrical staging to allow companies like GE to make billions of dollars and to have a federal agency who’s job it is to keep us scared as citizens.

]]> http://blog.laptopmag.com/airport-screening-what-is-it-good-for/comment-page-1#comment-15313 mumbaikar Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:37:22 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=8452#comment-15313 Screening passengers to retain high security at the airport works if the airport area itself is secure. <a href="http://onlybombay.blogspot.com/2008/12/mumbai-airport-lax-security.html" rel="nofollow">This recent picture of Mumbai Airport</a> shows that the airport landing strips are accessible to casual onlookers. This beats the whole purpose of passenger screenings at the gates. Screening passengers to retain high security at the airport works if the airport area itself is secure. This recent picture of Mumbai Airport shows that the airport landing strips are accessible to casual onlookers. This beats the whole purpose of passenger screenings at the gates.

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