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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 9:51 am
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Let us extend the logic to 99.9% accuracy, and apply it to 50 mil PAX (aasumption that each airport entry is a separate event, i. e. X is not a terrorist today, but could become one tomorrow).

999 of 1000 terrorists, hijackers, etc. would be identified along with with 50,000 innocent PAX

2% of the people detained (140 detained per day)would be correctly selected and 1 terrorist incident could still occur.
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