If you’re going to take a commercial flight for Christmas, you know the drill by now: limit the toiletries in your carry-on bag to sample-size bottles; throw your water or pop in the trash before you enter the security checkpoint line; take your laptop out of your carry-on; take off your shoes; take off your belt; take off your pants.
OK, we’re not quite to the point of actually taking off our pants, though some people will be subjected to a government employee being IN their pants.
And what has all this action done for airline security? How many terrorist attacks has it stopped?
“It has yet to catch one.” That’s the evaluation of two reporters for the Washington Post, who surveyed both security experts and politicians.
It turns out that some things other than security checkpoints have worked, including old-fashioned intelligence work and passengers taking matters in their own hands when trouble emerges.
Published in the Detroit News: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/watercooler/index.php?blogid=1287