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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 8:57 pm
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WASHINGTON - X-ray machines that screen airline passengers' shoes cannot detect explosives, according to a Homeland Security Department report on aviation screening.
NO <bad word> SHERLOCK!!!



Originally Posted by dw8146
And TSA's defense of this absurd policy, "In an abundance of caution we require all shoes to be removed and X-rayed to mitigate a variety of threats".
Yeah, about a truckload of fertiler's worth.


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