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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by triehle
"Ask the Pilot" Patrick Smith uses the occasion of the 8th anniversary of 9/11, and the recent release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, to blast TSA's whole approach to security: "If you ask me, every last dime currently being spent looking for pointy objects, triple-checking people's IDs, and confiscating harmless liquids needs to be redirected."

Read the whole thing.

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/...333/index.html

What I think should be taken from the article is that the Pam Am bomb was placed onboard by insiders. That's those people that TSA permits into the secure area without screening on a regular basis.

I know, I know, they have had a background check.
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