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What's with the laughing at the stupidity of the airport security circle jerk? It's all fine and dandy that you can make an IED triggering device with any elec
by tinco 14y ago
What's with the laughing at the stupidity of the airport security circle jerk?
It's all fine and dandy that you can make an IED triggering device with any electronic device, that it is theoretically possible does not make it the absolute way terrorists do it in.
Imagine you are a stupid redneck terrorist, the kind that sends anthrax to scientists and sends death threats to opposition of Sarah Palin. What would you wear? How would you conceal your bomb? What would the device you soldered to trigger it look like?
If you ask me the description of this McGann person is exactly the sort of person I would pick out of an airline passenger queue. Just envision what he looks like, big army boots, army pants, army shirt, weird clock device on his arm.
The real issue you guys should be discussing is why a judge would even accept to hear a case of an accusation of a bombing threat when there is not a grain of explosive material found.
In my opinion, this guys belongings should've been taken in for careful examination, and if nothing was found he should just be released. If the only thing they found suspicious was the watch, why not offer to have it put in a box and sent through the cargo? That would have been proper customer service.
You can have a discussion about this without poking fun at the people who have the near impossible job of finding terrorists amongst 'regular' airline passengers.
- loup-vaillant 14y agoAt the very least, my model of a stupid terrorist would wear civilian clothes, typically a suit —maybe one that doesn't fit well. I mean, it takes a staggering amount of stupidity to not even think of blending in. I don't disagree with your point though: if I'm charged with spotting danger, I would have a hard time distinguishing "suspicious" from "unusual". And despite what I said above, I'm not even sure I should.