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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 3:09 pm
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Originally Posted by sbm12
Really? They did a better job on the Red Team tests than the current crews do. I don't care what language they speak as long as they can identify prohibited items and remove them from the passengers attempting to pass through. I believe that it was done quite well overall.
Agreed. After all, the security checkpoint wouldn't have prevented the 9/11 attacks even if it had been the TSA, because the flight deck doors would still be vulnerable and box cutters weren't prohibited. ID checks wouldn't have prevented the 9/11 attacks because the hijackers all had valid IDs and valid boarding passes (even if they had been examined with a blacklight & loupe)! The ban on liquids wouldn't have prevented the 9/11 terrorist attacks because of the fact that liquids played no role in an attack that had an actual possibility of being successful.
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