>>>http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/19/airport.security.issues/index.html?hpt=C1
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>>>This is what Al Qaida has driven us to.
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>>I think think you got there for yourselves Mike> Also most security experts agree that airport searches are for public consumption and have nothing to do with effectively increasing security.
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>I'm curious if every single piece of baggage is xrayed now and if they can actually guarantee that no baggage gets on a plane without that being done (I bet absolutely not).

Dunno how much of the security hoopla here a few weeks ago crossed the pond, but it was established that less than 10% of the commercial airplane freight coming from not-so-civilised places is scanned. This freight gets reloaded onto passanger airplanes and according to official statements "shall be scanned 100% in the future". Depending on your level of cynicism you can reach different guesstimates of the level before...

regards

thomas