Originally Posted by
patom
I seriously doubt that the two individuals responsible for the GLA bombing needed photographs. One of them was a doctor at the hospital in nearby Paisley who could easily check out the set up. Their whole plan was pretty dumb because if they had bothered to pay attention they would have known that the security bollards would prevent them from actually getting their vehicle into the building.
A bit naiive. You are assuming that the individuals in the Jeep were also those charged with all planning and recce in addition. I'm not sure this is the way it would happen. Also, bollard, which seem to be standard at a lot of UK airports now may not have been there at the time. They are a defensive feature. It seems likely to me that they appeared after this event and were not there prior to it. The vehicle in question reached the outer doors and got jammed. If there was any defensive measure prior to that, then it didn't work!
Originally Posted by
PhoenixRev
So, we have a solution in search of a problem.
We have this equation: photographing security areas/personnel + X = possible terrorism.
So far, no one has stated what X is other than a whim or pure speculation without any data to back it up.
That's an intriguing one PhoenixRev. Have to think about it but I suspect it's more of an artform than an algebraic formula