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Old Jan 8, 2017 | 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Ber2dca
Do I 100% trust the screening? Probably not. But then you're right - going down with the plane doesn't deter a lot of the 'new generation' of terrorists.
Neither procedure is 100%. Never will be.

IMO, the screening is much more effective than matching and matching can create significant delays for very little additional benefit over screening alone.
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