Security Failure at Ben Gurion
Apr 17, 2011 | 7:41 pm
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Security Failure at Ben Gurion
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition...ficer-1.356521
Handgun and all the trimmings in a luggage that went on the belly of the plane. Now this is technically a security breach and illegal if its not reported to the airline in the united states but in reality poses no threat to the actual flight.
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Handgun and all the trimmings in a luggage that went on the belly of the plane. Now this is technically a security breach and illegal if its not reported to the airline in the united states but in reality poses no threat to the actual flight.
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Apr 17, 2011 | 7:53 pm
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What I see is a waste of taxpayer money in "send[ing] a delegation to Israel for clarifications by the Israel Airports Authority."
Uh, there's this new communications device called a telephone, try using it. Or why does it have to be a "delegation" wouldn't one person suffice?
Uh, there's this new communications device called a telephone, try using it. Or why does it have to be a "delegation" wouldn't one person suffice?
Apr 17, 2011 | 9:04 pm
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What I see is a waste of taxpayer money in "send[ing] a delegation to Israel for clarifications by the Israel Airports Authority."
Uh, there's this new communications device called a telephone, try using it. Or why does it have to be a "delegation" wouldn't one person suffice?
Uh, there's this new communications device called a telephone, try using it. Or why does it have to be a "delegation" wouldn't one person suffice?
Apr 18, 2011 | 1:49 am
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If the claim about the gun being in the checked luggage in the cargo hold is not fiction and if the weapon wasn't loaded and/or poorly stored ammunition wasn't a factor, then I wouldn't be concerned in the least if such a weapon were in the cargo holds of my commercial, scheduled flights.
When it comes to the security of a flight, the focus on interdicting explosives is worth not being distracted by a quest for guns in a checked baggage item or the voodoo "security" of trying to read minds at an airport.
When it comes to the security of a flight, the focus on interdicting explosives is worth not being distracted by a quest for guns in a checked baggage item or the voodoo "security" of trying to read minds at an airport.
Apr 18, 2011 | 12:17 pm
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So one problem with Israeli security, and the article mentions that this undermines their tight procedures 
How many "problems" has TSA had?
How many "problems" has TSA had?
Apr 18, 2011 | 3:52 pm
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What I see is a waste of taxpayer money in "send[ing] a delegation to Israel for clarifications by the Israel Airports Authority."
Uh, there's this new communications device called a telephone, try using it. Or why does it have to be a "delegation" wouldn't one person suffice?
Uh, there's this new communications device called a telephone, try using it. Or why does it have to be a "delegation" wouldn't one person suffice?
Apr 19, 2011 | 11:59 am
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If the claim about the gun being in the checked luggage in the cargo hold is not fiction and if the weapon wasn't loaded and/or poorly stored ammunition wasn't a factor, then I wouldn't be concerned in the least if such a weapon were in the cargo holds of my commercial, scheduled flights.
BBC - 1972: Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv airport
Apr 19, 2011 | 2:01 pm
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That's how members of the Japanese Red Army brought their weapons when they attacked the Tel Aviv airport in 1972 where 26 people were killed and dozens injured.
BBC - 1972: Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv airport
BBC - 1972: Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv airport
They got the guns from the baggage belt items and not from the cargo hold. [I certainly don't recall those terrorists having access to place the guns in the cargo hold or access to remove the guns from the cargo hold on their own.]
A shoot-out on the ground can happen anywhere where guns are readily available to a large number of people, including at an airport where disembarking passengers are going back "landside"/beyond the security perimeter within which all ordinary persons are searched for weapons at least.
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Apr 20, 2011 | 4:37 pm
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being an officer in the airforce in israel is considered something of prestige so this might be the reason his cargo bag wasn't scrutinized but i wonder what would have happened if he landed in america with that weapon, and it was discovered by customs in the US?
Wonder if his rank in the IAF would be taken in to consideration or he would be slapped with a felony and made an example of?
Or would the weapon vanish like netanyahu's security details' weapons that time he came for a visit....
Wonder if his rank in the IAF would be taken in to consideration or he would be slapped with a felony and made an example of?
Or would the weapon vanish like netanyahu's security details' weapons that time he came for a visit....
Apr 20, 2011 | 4:55 pm
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