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Old Oct 27, 2002 | 11:44 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JetTroop:
Well for non-travlers who took the occassional flight and were honest, it might have been a valid question. As for the terrorist being asked the question, all they had to do was lie.</font>
I guess I wasn't clear.

The questions were not intended to catch a passenger who KNEW that there was a bomb in their luggage. They were intended to select bags which could have been tampered with for Xray screening. The passenger would never have known that his bag had received any extra attention.
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