Having been on the road now a lot since Sept 11, the deal is that unless you
do the kind of search and interview that El Al does, all the 1st World
airport screening does is screen out the idiots who after having one two
many cocktails on the plane, MIGHT pull out a gun.
It doesn't take much knowledge to figure out how to get enough stuff on
board to repeat Sept 11.
Mind you with this being a UK alias, and Carnivore running around, if you
don't see anymore posts from me, you know John Ashcroft and his buddies got
to me.
This is a very scary time for anyone with a thinking mind here in the USA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "B.Rumary" <brian.rumary@virgin.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:28 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
> Doug Segar wrote:
> > In addition, 1-2 out of ten result in a question from the screener
"film?" and a
> nod OK when you say yes.
> >
> A typical example of the intelligence of most "security" staff these
days - you're
> hardly likely to reply "no its dynamite/a gun" are you!
>
> The real problem is that security firms are chosen on the basis of the
lowest bid for
> the contract. So they hire a firm who get staff at the lowest pay, with
the longest
> hours and the worst working conditions. Result: they tend to get the
"sickos &
> thickos" - those who like dressing up in a uniform and throwing their
weight about,
> or who are too dense to get a job anywhere else. Also the really
desperate, who only
> take this lousy job until they can get a real job.
>
> So you get poor quality staff working long hours, on a job that is
basically
> mind-numbingly boring for 99% of the time, with occasional brief moments
of terror or
> aggression. Is it any wonder that its so easy for crooks or terrorists to
dodge such
> controls? And the rest of us have to put up with a gorilla chucking his
weight about
> because he is afraid for his job, or just wants to take his frustrations
out on
> someone?
>
> Brian Rumary, England
>
>
>
>
