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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 4:09 pm
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pinkcat
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Originally Posted by PHL
What's to stop a shoe bomber from boarding a US bound plane in another country?
it wouldnt be Europe, with the exchange rate as it is they couldnt afford the bus to the airport

I do remember taking shoes off about a year ago at LHR T4 but neither laptops out or shoes off since then, unlike PHL where they not only made me take my boots off but they vanished between the tray and the exit from the scanner
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