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Old Aug 21, 2010, 5:15 pm
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Originally Posted by doober
This confirms what we thought was happening. I foresee lawsuits for sexual assault.

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Boston Herald poll - 59% against new security measures; 41% in favor.



How far behind can actual strip searches be - within the next 2 years, after the next event?
And the article includes the gratuitous quote from a surrender-sheep:

But Justine Griffin, a senior vice president at Rasky Baerlein Communications and frequent flier, said yesterday, “The most important thing is to have an effective patdown. If using the back of the hand is less effective, then security trumps niceties.”
Originally Posted by TSORon
Fully detectable with a metal detector. And fully detectable by a screener that looks at the belt and buckle while it is on a traveler. Again, you've done nothing to demonstrate that requiring removal of all belts does anything to improve security.
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