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Jan 9, 2015, 2:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Blogndog

Of course, ALL security procedures are baffling and ineffective, but I have always thought that the idea of getting screened at an airport I have just arrived in by air to be the absolute pinnacle of ridiculousness. Sorry, everyone, but it seems to be the norm worldwide, and not limited to Anglo countries or something.

What makes a security "expert" believe that someone might have smuggled a bomb or a weapon or a bottle of water or something on a flight TO LCY or AMS or FRA or Syracuse for that matter, but would not have used it because they had a plot to use it on the connecting flight instead? What would be the purpose in that? Mileage run before they get their 40 virgins?

History shows that some wannabe homicidal maniacs have held back (or wanted to hold back on) detonating an explosive device on earlier flights so as to have the IED go off on a connecting flight being targeted.

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