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Old Sep 27, 2001 | 4:46 pm
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ebell
 
Join Date: May 2001
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If the new airport security measures were really safe, then National Airport would open again. Right?

Since National isn't open, I can only conclude that US officials in charge of this don't have faith in the new security measures.

Now, these are the same new security measures that are in place in hundreds of other airports around the country. These very same airports are around hundreds of important landmarks, not to mention thousands upon thousands of people. But if the measures aren't safe for National, how can they be safe for all these other airports?

Logically, the answer must be that they're not. Any minute now some crazed wine afficianado is going to smuggle a corkscrew onto their flight, and then where will be?

<Sarcasm Mode Off>

Not to make light of security issues, or the importance thereof, but really, what kind of message is this sending?
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