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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I always assumed that the rationale for the gate checks was to catch cell members who had infiltrated the sterile zone. In other words, any weapons caught then would have been a presumption of an inside job.
If gate screening was intended as a second filter to catch the items missed the first time at security, I'd say it was unnecessary.
Terrorist profiling plus *truly* random checks at security works fine for me. I'm willing to assume that everyone at the gate area is legit.</font>
Excellent point.
kmc
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[This message has been edited by kcvt750 (edited 09-21-2002).]